07-30-2010, 10:07 PM
Grace62 wrote:
Your complaints could have come from parents all over the country, Georgia isn't alone.
no but Georgia is singular in that two years ago it changed how Math is taught. aware parents are not as concerned with the plan as we are with how it is being implemented. 2012, my son's class, is the first of the sacrificial lambs to this process and the sh*t will hit the proverbial fan for sure when they take the SAT next year.
as an example of how low the bar is set in georgia: high schoolers have an end of the year test in core courses. the Math II (10th grade math) test had 54 questions. you achieved a passing grade if you answered 23 correctly. 23. that translates to a raw grade of 43%. in what universe is 43% a passing grade? well, in GA it is because the State scales that up to a 70% and voilà, you passed!! most parents are not even aware how the EOCT grade is scaled; they just think oh, my kid got at least 70% - great.
oh, BTW, only 52% of 10th graders state wide 'passed'...