If the sentence on such standardized tests  reads:  The boy played with _____ 
truck, and the choices were  either his or their, of course the standardized 
answer would be  his.  However, if the sentence were to read: The child played 
 with ______ truck, and the choices were the same, I think then there would  
be a question of gender/cultural bias in this assessment.  
 
Hopefully more times than not, students will be  assessed authentically 
through their writing and not by multiple  choice questions.  This will allow them 
to show their knowledge  instead of limiting them to right/wrong answers that 
engage low level thinking  skills.
 
Alison
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I  have ended up 
where I needed to be. " 
~ Kahlil Douglas  Adams



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