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Subject: [education-consumers] Re:  Blowing cover on the "secret" WASL test
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Arthur,


You can download the actual tests from last year at
http://www.scotthochberg.com/taas.html


Then you should take a look at these commentaries on the TAAS:
http://www.fastlane.net/~eca/TAAS.html


Jeanne








>Can you post some of the hard and easy sample questions?
>
>My opintion is that the TAAS of Texas is a good minimal
>proficiency test, but I think critics have a point that it
>nowhere near challenges the best students.
>
>It actually meets most Washington grade level bencharks.
>
>Most state tests are way too hard in order to create a
>state is crisis.
>
>So far the press in WA is ignoring that I've blown the
>security of the test, and officials admit they've
>goofed.
Arthur Hu






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