Education News – S.D. Lawrence
“Pearson, the test maker under fire for several recent gaffes, has had a fourth question thrown out by New York state education officials. This time it was a math question where the test incorrectly asked students to double the length of two sides of a trapezoid and measure the new perimeter when they had meant to ask students to double the length of three sides. As asked the question assumed knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem — something not typically taught to fifth-graders.”(more)