Nowadays, eight grade is typically where we start some pre-algebra concepts. Fractions and percentages are something that they do typically still struggle with. The formatting of the problems would probably through them off - word problems always do - but I think most of the 8th graders I’ve worked with who weren’t totally behind could pass arithmetic.
Diagramming grammar is out of a fashion - my middle school English teacher buddy confessed to me had he stole all of his grammar material from his colleague because he didn’t really get it. (Which perhaps this general lack of grammar education is why the Right is melting down over “pronouns”)
They would all 100% bomb the spelling test. High schoolers would bomb that spelling test. They are reliant on auto-correct.
Eighth grade probably couldn’t do the physiology - I think NGSS has that all in 6th grade, IIRC, and it the vocab would probably be unfamiliar. But an eight grader could give a better particle level explanation for how sound works or a chemical reaction. Those questions sound like they’d be something that I’d see when working with a high school biology student (typically 9th/10th grade).
History and geography just show a difference in priorities. The history is especially weak, with the focus on names an extremely out of date approach to both understanding and teaching history.
The real impressive thing is the civics. No one talks local politics. “[State] History” is always a class taught by the most unqualified coach.
The priorities are interesting.
Nowadays, eight grade is typically where we start some pre-algebra concepts. Fractions and percentages are something that they do typically still struggle with. The formatting of the problems would probably through them off - word problems always do - but I think most of the 8th graders I’ve worked with who weren’t totally behind could pass arithmetic.
Diagramming grammar is out of a fashion - my middle school English teacher buddy confessed to me had he stole all of his grammar material from his colleague because he didn’t really get it. (Which perhaps this general lack of grammar education is why the Right is melting down over “pronouns”)
They would all 100% bomb the spelling test. High schoolers would bomb that spelling test. They are reliant on auto-correct.
Eighth grade probably couldn’t do the physiology - I think NGSS has that all in 6th grade, IIRC, and it the vocab would probably be unfamiliar. But an eight grader could give a better particle level explanation for how sound works or a chemical reaction. Those questions sound like they’d be something that I’d see when working with a high school biology student (typically 9th/10th grade).
History and geography just show a difference in priorities. The history is especially weak, with the focus on names an extremely out of date approach to both understanding and teaching history.
The real impressive thing is the civics. No one talks local politics. “[State] History” is always a class taught by the most unqualified coach.