...WASL me that, who's afraid of a big fat test?
Recently, some dude either stood up for students' rights, or wasn't doing his job, and refused
to give the WASL to his students.
Personally, I think the WASL is a step in the right direction. If students in school A are scoring worse than the students in school B, maybe we can see if there is a problem in school A.
So, in the spirit of fairness, a few WASL math questions...
1: Third Grade: The number of amoebas in a jar doubles every minute. The jar is full of amoebas in one hour. At what time was the jar half full?
2: Seventh Grade: 16 players are on a baseball squad. 6 can pitch. 8 can play second base. 4 can do both. How many can neither pitch nor play second base?
3: Tenth Grade: The number of two-dollar bills I need to pay for a purchase is 9 more than the number of five-dollar bills I need to pay for the same purchase. What is the cost of the purchase?
And if you are curious, I got the answer to #3 wrong, because I was an idiot and misread the question. That is an important thing for students to learn, how to read a question. That way, they can properly do their IRS (Willy Nelson), or
write the right prescription, or not bomb the Chinese embassy (NATO forces, Belgrade, 1999).