A team of teachers and the principal of Piney Branch Elementary School hovered over two math questions designed to test fourth-grade students on their understanding of perimeter. One question came from the current Maryland standardized exam, asking students to select the right answer from choices A, B, C or D. The other came from the new test students will take starting in 2014. It had no multiple-choice options, and students have to explain their answers “using numbers, symbols and words.” More news about educationMaryland teachers prepare for tougher math curriculum Lynh Bui Teachers will spend the summer training to roll out Curriculum 2.0 to fourth- and fifth-grade...
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