tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28172905.post5611596365085475863..comments2024-03-03T17:53:46.947-05:00Comments on (x, why?): June 2016 Common Core Algebra 1 Regents, Parts 3 and 4(x, why?)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17499160002806879025noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28172905.post-56359566150164851312016-06-26T10:58:20.770-04:002016-06-26T10:58:20.770-04:00If you had 9.5 and work, an incorrect equation, bu...If you had 9.5 and work, an incorrect equation, but the final part was correct, you got 3 out of 4 points.<br /><br />People who had y = 9.5x and then plugged in 120 for x only scored 2 points because of a conceptual error(x, why?)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17499160002806879025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28172905.post-5723992061267415172016-06-25T21:44:13.276-04:002016-06-25T21:44:13.276-04:00Just a quick question about the airplane problem: ...Just a quick question about the airplane problem: I had the wrong equation, but solved correctly when they asked how many miles the plane had flown after a certain period of time, would I have still gotten a point?<br /><br />Thanks so much, your blog is a lifesaver and I would be failing Algebra without it :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28172905.post-18466136922898743342016-06-24T21:50:15.119-04:002016-06-24T21:50:15.119-04:00Yeah, the low cutoff was incredible. I had a handf...Yeah, the low cutoff was incredible. I had a handful of students pass the exam because of it, and, sad to say this, a couple of them must've guessed their way through the exam.<br /><br />I didn't think, overall, this test wasn't any more difficult than previous exams. (And my coteacher found a Common-Core-based 10-Day review pack that we used with the kids that covered a lot of material that ended up on the exam, so that helped our kids.)<br /><br />My problem with the airplane question is that we shouldn't be tested students how to parse English sentences. How to follow instructions and pick out information, sure. But this? And in English class, if you don't understand something, you try to pick out the context. Here the context -- ie, the 1st and 3rd questions -- used the distance from New York, not from cruising altitude.<br />(x, why?)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17499160002806879025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28172905.post-53480202706203664842016-06-24T21:28:43.941-04:002016-06-24T21:28:43.941-04:00"Write an equation to represent the number of..."Write an equation to represent the number of miles the plane has flown, y, during x minutes at cruising altitude, only."<br /><br />Regents exams regularly have problems with misleading/ambiguous grammar that ultimately only harm students, particularly ELL or those with weak reading skills, but this really raises (lowers?) the bar to a new level. Is it any wonder that the grading curve had to be set at its lowest cutoffs ever in order to get sufficient numbers to pass?CCSSI Mathematicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12318317536740240935noreply@blogger.com