High School Assessment Tests: Outrageous Requirements? (Take the Test!)

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High School Assessment Tests: Outrageous Requirements? (Take the Test!)
      

Let’s face it â€" those HSAs (High School Assessment tests) just aren’t all that hard. They ask questions that high school graduates should be able to answer. Questions about the role of the Supreme Court, the meaning of the First Amendment, the role of sunlight in plant growth, the process of evolution, the conclusions that can be drawn from a set of data or a piece of literature. This is not rocket science. Nor is there anything that is antithetical to a good education.

If students don’t know enough to pass the HSAs, they and their schools need to buckle down and make sure they doâ€"not so that they can pass a test but so that they know things that are important for every citizen to know.  Judge for yourself ...


         

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