It's 10 a.m., and if you want to know where your children are, there's a good chance you'll find them taking a test. In some schools, the run-up to the test is organized like a corporate business plan. Teachers will be provided SAT 9 content cluster test results and will identify content cluster needs for each course taught as needed. This is heavy-duty stuff.
State law forbids teaching to the test.
Copies of last year's test and test questions are treated like classified documents and may not be copied. What makes the test vulnerable is that questions change little from year to year. The school that had last year's items pretty much has this year's test. And copies of test questions have been circulating. State law prohibits teachers from in any way using SAT 9 questions to prepare students, even if they find them under the Christmas tree.