The Square Root of 81 is "Huh?"
Way to go, America.
Article on high school exit exams ...
And special kudos to you, Arkansas, for lowering your standards so severely that a passing math grade is awarded as long as a student scores 24 out of 100 on their exam. On ONE of their three attempts. Since when is 24% considered a passing grade?? Since states cannot deal with the embarrassment of true test results, apparently. What's that you say? Twenty-four percent is still too tough for the little darlings? No problem ... They can take a computer tutorial with a built-in quiz to earn their diploma. It's not as if they'll ever need math skills in the real world, after all.
Nice to know just how worthless a diploma will be. Heaven forbid we repair what is broken. No, no ... That would require far too much effort. Better to manipulate the numbers until it appears as if a problem never existed. No one gets hurt that way, right? Okay, maybe the student who graduates without fundamental skills, but no one who matters, right? Right?
Grrr.
Article on high school exit exams ...
And special kudos to you, Arkansas, for lowering your standards so severely that a passing math grade is awarded as long as a student scores 24 out of 100 on their exam. On ONE of their three attempts. Since when is 24% considered a passing grade?? Since states cannot deal with the embarrassment of true test results, apparently. What's that you say? Twenty-four percent is still too tough for the little darlings? No problem ... They can take a computer tutorial with a built-in quiz to earn their diploma. It's not as if they'll ever need math skills in the real world, after all.
Nice to know just how worthless a diploma will be. Heaven forbid we repair what is broken. No, no ... That would require far too much effort. Better to manipulate the numbers until it appears as if a problem never existed. No one gets hurt that way, right? Okay, maybe the student who graduates without fundamental skills, but no one who matters, right? Right?
Grrr.