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0 pointssidek15y ago0 comments

I did. Don't have copies of them, though.

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prewett15y ago· 2 in thread

I 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.

joe_the_user15y ago

I 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.

j_baker15y ago

Holy 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.

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