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Nice find. What I would be more interested to find out is how it compares to tests that are presently being given to 8th graders. It might be difficult to do
by j_baker 16y ago
Nice find. What I would be more interested to find out is how it compares to tests that are presently being given to 8th graders. It might be difficult to do an apples-to-apples comparison though. I don't seem to recall having an actual final exam in 8th grade.
- sidek 16y agoI did. Don't have copies of them, though.
- prewett 16y agoI don't think I did, but Texas has something equivalent: the TAKS test. I doubt actual copies are available, but the social studies practice test is at: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/taks/gr08/ There is a math test at: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade8/math.htm They look pretty thorough to me. At least as good as KS 1895.
- j_baker 16y agoHoly cow. I took that test (it was called TAAS back then) and was basically just an easy day in school. It was nowhere near as tough as some of those questions look.
- joe_the_user 16y agoI glanced at the first test. It had only one history question. The rest were reading comprehension questions that anyone with fairly basic English and logic skills should be able to answer. I'm not a fan of memorization. But it seems plausible to argue that contemporary education hasn't added anything very challenging in it's place.
- dkarl 16y agoNice find. Snopes is TFM for this kind of unlikely forwarded-email fodder. Whoever submitted it was woefully negligent in not checking.
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