<p>HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I actually think I’ve studied a negative amount of hours for the FCAT, which means that I’ve spent more time trying to get FCAT stuff out of my head than learning FCAT material. My English teacher had us doing the FCAT Writing section by his advanced standards, not by the state’s lower ones. I suppose everybody is correct about saying that you should write at a lower level on state tests, for not a single one of his students got a 6 (the top score for the essay). Wow.</p>
<p>Not at all. Our school also makes our regentses our final exams, but if you do halfway decently on your AP exam, you can nail a 99+ on the corresponding regents, no sweat.</p>
<p>Lol. I think the way to go is to write an incredibly ridiculous essay. One of my two OGT (Ohio Graduation Test) essays was a persuasive essay on whether or not we should get rid of gym in schools. I wrote that getting rid of gym would lead to the destruction of Western civilization. It was completely and totally laughable. For my other essay I rewrote one I had written in English that year, which was basically an encomium on my sister. I got a perfect score on the section.</p>
<p>I had perfects on my reading and writing scores, but since my Chem teacher hasn’t really taught us anything, I doubt I did that well on it today (of course I didn’t study either). But my Chem teacher doesn’t count them for anything, so it’s okay.</p>
<p>My English teacher, on the other hand, counts them as your finals…</p>
<p>So, really, for some classes, passing is all that matters. For other classes, it’s a bit more important. I could honestly care less about them. </p>
<p>I detest them because I have a horrid habit of over-thinking the questions. They’re so simple, they confuse me… >> My thinking skills are perfect for AP Exams, but not-so-great for standards…ironic isn’t it?</p>
<p>Wow, I’m surprised that no one’s mentioned PSSA (Pennsylvania) yet. We’re encouraged to “do our best” because supposedly if you don’t pass, you don’t graduate (conspiracy). The school even gives us a free hot breakfast and lets us go home early on the days of testing.</p>
<p>Math and reading were ridiculously easy as well. The science, however… ugh</p>
<p>i was just about to mention the PSSA’s. and giftedgothic, we might go to the same school.</p>
<p>yeah, theyre unbelievably easy and a joke. just a hassle, really. i would never study. the math is especially easy. </p>
<p>however, many kids tank them at my school, so theyre making them count. we also have it as a graduation requirement (or go ot the same school). we had to do these PSSA warm up things where theyd give you a paper and you do one question every block. most of the teachers treated it like a joke though</p>
<p>Aren’t most high school state tests really graduation tests? Our test is actually called the Ohio Graduation Test. I thought you “had” to pass a state test in every state to graduate (I put “had” in quotes b/c in most states it seems like there’s always an alternate route if you seriously can’t pass).</p>
<p>I just finished mine today forever! The MCAS only has math, english, and science (Massachusetts), but I get to skip the science one in June because I took it last year! These are so easy, and no, I never study, but I like them because I can get homework done in the time after I finish!</p>
<p>the VA state tests are SOL’s and some people at my school do have trouble with them (pretty good public HS but students from very diverse backgrounds), most of the people in AP/IB classes don’t really take them seriously though. I didn’t take any as a senior</p>
<p>NYS Regents can be a major pain, but only because teachers overstate their difficulty. It pays to study, though. If you don’t pass them, you don’t get credit for the course unless you pass the AP exam and you need the classes to graduate. The hardest ones are Math B, Chemistry, Physics and English. I hate having standardized tests where you have to write these long essays, I never know how they grade them. Managed 100% on US History, French and Spanish.</p>