Re: Boston Globe: MCAS results show weakness in teens' grasp of

[EugeneGall]

I got an email from Anand Vaishnav, the Globe reporter who did Friday's article
on the math and stats problems in MCAS.  Only about 50% of the 63000 10th
graders in MA got median and range.  I suspect that mean and range probably was
the most popular incorrect answer (according to the MCAS graders)


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