Are you smarter than a fourth grader?
Posted at 10:02 AM on October 14, 2009
by Than Tibbetts
(8 Comments)
Filed under: Schools
Good news for Minnesota students and educators: you're tops when it comes to the third 'R'.
In Minnesota, the average score was 249 (out of 500) for fourth-graders and 294 for eighth-graders. Both of those scores rank the state near the top, well ahead of the national average in each grade. Fourth-graders ranked third, behind Massachusetts (252) and New Hampshire (251). Eighth graders ranked second, behind only Massachusetts (299).
MPR's Tom Weber passes along a link to a set of sample questions for this year's test. The default set is 4th grade, but there's another tab for 8th grade if you want a challenge to go along with your coffee break.
Don't be shy, post your scores in the comments.
Comments (8)
4th grade: 10/10
8th grade: 9/10 (math vocab tripped me up...)
Phew! I got 10/10 on both.
10/10 on both. And here I am, on a break between classes at a MUSIC college (probably right across the street from Than, in all likelihood.)
Same as Than (4th: 10/10, 8th: 9/10).
Curse you, math vocab!
10/10 on both. The estimation problem for fourth graders was probably difficult for them.
4th: 10/10 8th: 8/10
Darn statistics vocabulary! I'm surprised I remembered as much as I did, frankly.
4th grade: 10/10!
8th grade: 9/10 (I missed the last question on odd integers....)
Not too hard, only had to use the calculator on one question (the one on hypotenuse).
10/10 on both, but I must confess to being an engineer.
I found the questions quite interesting, as this wasn't really the way I remember being taught math (in the 1970's) (gee, that sounds like a long time ago).
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