The sad truth is that kids in the 12th grade are being tested on material appropriate to the 9th grade level. They should have no issues in passing these exams other than that public schools have either become day care centers or centers for leftist indoctrination. Maybe both.
I’m not sure about California, but the PARCC tests Ohio school children will take are just the opposite. The ninth grade language arts sample test that I took was brutal. I knew the content due to my degrees, but the content is far beyond what a ninth grader has been exposed to. Additionally, the questions are awkwardly worded. I was constantly trying to figure out what it was that I was supposed to do. We’re looking at a disaster in Ohio, which was planned by PARCC and Pearson. They are getting billions for their role in this debacle, and they will get even more $$$ to “fix” the problems that are going to arise. The PARCC testing failure will make the healthcare website look like a slight oversight.