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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by trhway on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @04:59PM (#42382056)
>the tests don't affect her grades

Then what the grades are given for/based on?

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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by jdminhbg on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @08:52PM (#42383866)
This seems unfairly downvoted as a sincere question.

The answer is that the types of standardized tests that these country-wide statistics are based on are not, in the US at least, the tests that generate your grades or your university admission.

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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by rahimnathwani on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @01:10AM (#42385261)
IIRC iready is a formative assessment tool, i.e. the purpose is to diagnose where each student is at, so the teacher knows what to teach next.

There are also summative tests that are meant to measure performance in aggregate, but aren't used for student grades.

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