Comment by evandijk70
6 years ago
Out of curiosity, I took the test for the first poem and got all questions correct. I've always been relatively good at standardised tests, and agree they don't always measure something meaningful.
The author is being a little harsh, testing reading skills is difficult, and she does not provide a better alternative to evaluate students reading ability. Moreover, based on her comments, I'm pretty sure that if she were to take the text, she would score a 100%.
The questions and answers:
https://tea.texas.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id...
https://tea.texas.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id...
Well, I could probably figure out all of the "best" answers, but at the same time, I felt only the first question had a choice that was even remotely correct. As you say, it is more of a test of test taking skills than of reading comprehension.