• BountifulEggnog [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    I never saw multiple choice math problems in class/homework, but it seemed common for standardized testing like this, where only a small writing section would be manually graded. Everything else (on those tests) was multiple choice or similar.

    • Tunnelvision [they/them]
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      8 months ago

      Damn was standardized testing in the US pushed so it would be an easier transition when you go to the ASVAB? I’m kinda having a revelation rn frfr thonk

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        8 months ago

        It was also initially adopted as part of a pre-(or post, can't remember) WW1 scheme to sort out the bunker kids from the "more expendable" trench kids

    • VILenin [he/him]M
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      8 months ago

      The primary goal of standardized testing companies, like every other company, is profit, so they avoid having to spend money on someone manually grading something as much as possible.