{"id":74,"date":"2015-07-04T01:31:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T01:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taughtbyfinland.americanmaninfinland.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2022-05-16T18:59:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:59:01","slug":"first-grade-math-tests-in-american-and-finnish-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taughtbyfinland.com\/first-grade-math-tests-in-american-and-finnish-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"First Grade Math Tests in American and Finnish Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"
In October of 2013, Carol Burris, a principal in New York, was approached by a colleague who was shaken-up by her child’s first grade math test. She documented her experience\u00a0here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n With the parent’s permission, she linked the controversial math test\u00a0here.<\/a>\u00a0Take a look.<\/p>\n Burris was bothered by many aspects of the test. The percentage grade. The multiple-choice questions. The complexity of the math exercises.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, I sat down with a Finnish first grade teacher at my school and we studied this math test together. My colleague\u2019s reactions to the test were illuminating.<\/p>\n ***<\/strong><\/p>\n