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In reply to the discussion: What happened when 3 PhDs decided to take a 3rd grade practice test [View all]Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)79. Hopefully.
Teaching children to work out answers, rather than just to waffle, is an excellent thing.
The idea that all answers are valid is a foolish one.
I think this is an excellent question - it requires the children to think and understand, not just to read and copy out the relevant passage.
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What happened when 3 PhDs decided to take a 3rd grade practice test [View all]
proud2BlibKansan
Jan 2012
OP
both boys way above their grade level in reading. 4 or more years above. they were always encouraged
seabeyond
Jan 2012
#23
As was I, in the sixties. My mom had some rather pointed words with one of my
gkhouston
Jan 2012
#38
Thanks to my school system's stellar budgeting, checking out stuff above my level wasn't a problem
Posteritatis
Jan 2012
#39
By the time I was in 3rd grade I was reading at 12th grade level. My teachers,
kestrel91316
Jan 2012
#22
Shows what happens when someone writes questions on something they know nothing about
n2doc
Jan 2012
#5
I wonder how that teacher would react to my kids who read two books at once
riderinthestorm
Jan 2012
#14
I've worked with both practice and real tests at every grade level from K through 6.
proud2BlibKansan
Jan 2012
#20
I've come to believe that the PURPOSE of these tests is to make children hate learning
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2012
#25
Charles Dickens eerily foretold what we could expect in "Hard Times"
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2012
#53
The problem with all sort answer tests is that the person taking the test has to be
Marnie
Jan 2012
#26
These types of questions test understanding of the text, not knowledge.
Prometheus Bound
Jan 2012
#63
my son took an all day test last week. he was telling me about the story and question
seabeyond
Jan 2012
#29
I got C too. I learned to do well on tests, because, well, my brain functions oddly.
boppers
Jan 2012
#48