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They ask about cheetahs and billy goats, and call it "real life" math? That certainly speaks volumes for what's really wrong with public education in the United States.
The major flaw in their thinking (as I see it) is they expect every pupil to be just like every other pupil, so they set standards accordingly (it's the way they seem to go about solving any problem: ignore it, and it will go away). Every pupil is different, however; and yet they squander so much in the way of time and resources to meet these arbitrary and meaningless standards that it leaves real education (arts, music, social studies, nature studies, to name a few) in the lurch. There are simply a lot of highly intelligent people who simply don't do standardized testing well; so to measure their entire scholastic aptitude and accomplishment based solely on them is not only ludicrous, but downright discriminatory.
Yes, Andy, you are indeed an excellent writer when you're inspired to be. That occasional proofreading you've asked me to do for you tells me that (I don't think you'll mind me saying that here, since you have thanked me for that here in the past). Since (unfortunately) so much seems to be riding on it, though, I hope these tests find you further inspired.
Hang in there! It's going to be tough week; but you'll come through it as sturdy as a "third fence post" should be!
We do not remember days...we remember moments.
Cesare Pavese
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Oh wells. I must say they have revised the questions.
