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Two things: they talk about it all the time anyway. But the smart ones don't let it be recorded. This was less a problem in my day. I clearly remember chatting about the SAT questions all the way home with the boy I drove in with.

Second thing: The ACT, SAT, AP tests are voluntary. Different ballgame. [/quote]

Different poster:  third thing:  PARCC tests are not limited to high school students.  You can best be sure the teachers are paying close attention.

As an MCPS teacher who spent this past week giving my 4th graders the Parcc, I can tell you that the instructions that we must recite from a standard script when giving the test said absolutely nothing about barring the kids from talking about the test. In fact, later in the afternoon, a bunch of them WERE talking about the first question they faced on the second day of the math unit. It seems ridiculous to me that we would even ask them not to talk about it. If Pearson can't deal with a few questions being posted, perhaps the problem here is with Pearson, not the students.

I have a question for those who have posted about a "contract" between the students and Pearson that would preclude the students from discussing or sharing information about the test. Don't both parties to a contract usually benefit? How do the students benefit from this test, particularly since they won't see their results for several months.

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