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I'm still waiting to hear what the average score test takers received on the test.....
I took an exam about 15 years ago where the AVERAGE person taking the test was probably 130+ IQ with a college education heavy in math etc. and the passing score was just over 40pts out of 100.
Weird how so many claims are being made and we don't know if this was supposed to be easy, hard or something in-between.
Assumptions, assumptions.......assumptions.
Yes it would be a stupid assumption to make that the test was constructed to the education level of the students....it would be much more reasonable to assume none of them were able to answer a preponderance of the questions.
In addition it is interesting to remember that the country was still basically agrarian at this time meaning these children were probably not full time students as someone who was a young teenager would be expected to help with farm duties, especially during harvest.
Yes it would be a stupid assumption to make that the test was constructed to the education level of the students....it would be much more reasonable to assume none of them were able to answer a preponderance of the questions.
In addition it is interesting to remember that the country was still basically agrarian at this time meaning these children were probably not full time students as someone who was a young teenager would be expected to help with farm duties, especially during harvest.
Spot on.
It is highly implausible that school officials had some sort of bell curve in mind when they composed that exam. Any assertion just rings like cheap excuses.
Why, because you said so? This is an old email chain letter that has been altered and rehashed over and over again since 1999. Geez, look it up if you don't believe me. It looks like something my grandpa would send me.
If this is a real threat, then this is rote learning, the very thing Conservatives say is killing the education standards in public schools. Pick a side and stay on it.
I bet you they wouldn't...I bet you they would be bored out of their wits.
Well, lets take a look at maths.
1. Extremly easy, second grade question.
2. Still very easy, just calculations.
3. Lots of old words. Cost/Geometry question
4. Easy statistical question
5. Easy statistical question
6. Somewhat Difficult Statistical Question
7. Easy algebra question
8. Easy distance question
9. Distance question
10. Easy cost question
Notice something here. The only subjects examined is distance, statistics, cost and a few general knowledge questions. The curriculum for an eight grader today is much more comprehensive.
Apart from the topics tested an eight grader need to know
- Use scientifical notation
- Geometry
- Fractions
- Probability
- Algebra
- Inequalities
- Reading Charts
You think the students in 1912 are perfectly able to answer the questions in those topics, but they weren't tested in it?
False. The snopes link does not explain anything; merely provides a bunch of lame excuses for the mediocrity of today's Liberalized schools.
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Originally Posted by Mister Mister
Why, because you said so? This is an old email chain letter that has been altered and rehashed over and over again since 1999. Geez, look it up if you don't believe me. It looks like something my grandpa would send me.
False.
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Originally Posted by EddieB.Good
If this is a real threat, then this is rote learning, the very thing Conservatives say is killing the education standards in public schools. Pick a side and stay on it.
I looked this up. This is a real test. Indeed, this does speak volumes about how the Liberalization of our school systems have trashed our nation's public education systems.
I noticed that. Their description of the issue is worded to a bias. For instance, they don't contest the test is true, that it was used for that level of education, they contest if that level of education is meaningful and go on a list of excuses as you said to claim that it isn't representative of anything.
I haven't looked a snopes a whole lot since it was first setup, but that site seems to be more of a political house than a place you go to see if something is true or not.
Snopes is pretty much where people look when they have nowhere else to look.
Why, because you said so? This is an old email chain letter that has been altered and rehashed over and over again since 1999. Geez, look it up if you don't believe me. It looks like something my grandpa would send me.
The folks in Bullitt County, KY seem to think it's real:
Why is this even a thing? Most of those questions could be answered by today's elementary school or early middle school students. The geography is akin to "Are you smarter than a 5th grader" level, the history is not so hard, the math is on about a 5th or 6th grade level today (by 8th grade is algebra I, or II for more advanced students), and so on. The only tricky section is grammar, but that's because we don't tend to teach grammar in the same way anymore.
If your 8th grader couldn't answer these questions, you only have yourself to blame.
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