Guessing C on every multiple-choice question was enough to pass New York's Regents exam for Algebra I this year, writes math teacher Ed Knight. Pre-pandemic, students who answered 30 percent of multiple-choice questions could pass, even if they didn't try to answer the "constructed response" questions. This year, 19.6 percent on the four-answer multiple-choice section and 0 on "constructed response" was good enough.
His student "River," rarely in class and knowing no algebra, passed. He deviated from all C's to mark B for two answers, both of which were C. But he made that up by trying a constructed response question.
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