The College Board does give various versions of the tests, but does not modify them on a school-district or state by state basis. The whole point is to give what is essentially the same test to everyone across the country in an attempt to test proficiency at certain skills deemed needed for success at college-level work. Of course there is a level of knowledge involved, but not of the sort satirized in the Swift Report: News and Views Before You Need Them.
Steve
On Saturday, December 18, 2004, at 01:05 PM, Ed Brayton wrote:
The site this appears on is a well known parody site, so I would assume it is exactly that.--
Ed Brayton
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Does anyone on the list know if this is indeed the direction the testing
is taking. That is, if the report is accurate. The example questions
seem to ask for more than reading comprehension to me.
Susanna Peters
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Matthew 6:19-21
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