Welcome to an eyewitness view of the dumbing down process inflicted on students to transform them into low information compliant libtard voters.
Ah. So this is like a fast-track program for wannabe government workers.
The tests are standardized throughout the state, so colleges can judge students “on a curve”. If Cornell gets an application from two students, one from a private school, the other from a New York City public school, they don’t need to try to figure out whose A in algebra is more impressive.
Because colleges are also dumbed down. Can’t flunk the “brilliant minds” of the entering college freshmen.
A study of Harvard grads showed that 23% did worse after four years at Harvard than when they entered.
Maybe the exam makers themselves want this, just to keep more schools using their test prep. books and software.
“Adjusting to marketing trends and changing demographics”, is what some call it.
Even better, in years past the Regents Math test had problems on it that schools never went over.
So there you are, Joe Shmoe student, looking to do something worthwile.
You do what you can in school, and on the test you see a bunch of math concepts they never went over.
That was a riot.
A’s for everyone. No one should have to study, it’s unfair to those who don’t.
“Welcome to an eyewitness view of the dumbing down process inflicted on students to transform them into low information compliant libtard voters.”
Not to mention willing serfs in the NWO.
We know darn well why standards are being lowered. Tests are racist.
Teaching to the lowest common denominator.
Not enough minorities passed, so they changed the questions to ones like this:
1. Yo momma done got tree baby daddies. Supposin da bitch get nother one. How many she done got now?
2. Dis be hard questin. Take yo time, broffer. You be 18. Yo A$$ bin in jail 5 times. Dis time you goin for 18 months. Will you be out in time for your 20th birthday?
3. De aint no right answer for this one, bro. How much be two joints and a pound o $hit?
I remember sweating the Regents exams. Back in the late 1950s on Eastern Long Island. Much has changed.
TC
I had physics tests in college where passing was under 50%, and if you got that score you earned the pass - the tests were very long and difficult because they were designed so that even the best students weren't going to get perfect scores.
That being said, this test didn't look all that hard.
http://www.nysedregents.org/algebraone/ has past tests (the June 2017 are still password protected). 24 multiple choice questions and 13 algebra problems. I don't know if guessing is penalized by taking off points for incorrect multiple choice answers.
Typical of the multiple choice questions is:
9 A car leaves Albany, NY, and travels west toward Buffalo, NY. The equation D = 280 - 59 t can be used to represent the distance, D , from Buffalo after t hours. In this equation, the 59 represents the
(1) car’s distance from Albany
(2) speed of the car
(3) distance between Buffalo and Albany
(4) number of hours driving
Anyone have a link to the test? Would like to see it...
Fancier tests that are scaled don't really answer who knows the math. Instead, they ascertain who is best at guessing. Just what we need....people who are good at guessing instead of knowing basic Math facts getting ahead. (NOT!!!)