Texas students are doing well on end-of-course algebra, biology and U.S. history tests. On the first try, 92% of students passed history. Algebra I garnered an 81% passing rate and biology boasted 91%.
But then I read the details. To pass the algebra and biology tests, a student need only answer 37% of the questions correctly. So all the 81% passing rate tells us is that 19% of the students couldn't even score 37 out of 100 on the test. For all we know, the rest of them scored less than 50%.
The kicker is that the students did much worse on the English tests. How sad!
"English exams trip up teens." The Dallas Morning News; June 5, 2014; p. 1A.
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What a sign of the times. :( Kids can't pass, so just alter the grading system...seems reasonable, huh?!
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