http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/07/underdogs/ Free-linking and thinking on education by Joanne Jacobs Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:11:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/07/underdogs/comment-page-1/#comment-54885 SuperSub Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:57:28 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/07/25/underdogs/#comment-54885 Regarding Epstein's criticism of the NY American History Regents, I have to say the same holds true for the Living Environment (BIology) Regents. It is a poorly constructed test where the true difficulty lies not in knowing or applying the principles of Biology, but in understanding the questions. To compensate for poor question design the state curves all the grades... a raw score of 48% ended up being a 65% final grade this year. Regarding Epstein’s criticism of the NY American History Regents, I have to say the same holds true for the Living Environment (BIology) Regents. It is a poorly constructed test where the true difficulty lies not in knowing or applying the principles of Biology, but in understanding the questions. To compensate for poor question design the state curves all the grades… a raw score of 48% ended up being a 65% final grade this year.

]]> http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/07/underdogs/comment-page-1/#comment-54883 Cal Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:57:50 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/07/25/underdogs/#comment-54883 I think there's a substantial difference between four kids building a robot and a special ed kid who "won" a spelling bee in which he was the only competitor. I think there’s a substantial difference between four kids building a robot and a special ed kid who “won” a spelling bee in which he was the only competitor.

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