Based on the NYTimes article, "Should These Tests Get a Failing Grade?" by James B. Stewart. See https://nyti.ms/2o4B6lr

1. THE TESTING CHARADE

2. SHSAT

7. MARY NORRIS, COPY EDITOR

8. “TO REVISE THAT SENTENCE…WOULD
MAKE IT AS LAME AS THE ORIGINAL.”

11. NYC DOE

12. DANIEL KORETZ, HARVARD EDU

13. “[I]T IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE TO MAKE A
CONSEQUENTIAL DECISION BASED ON A
SINGLE TEST SCORE.”

16. READ THIS SENTENCE:
“DURING A NIGHTLY NEWS SEGMENT
ABOUT A COOKING CONTEST, A
REPORTER TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE
WHO DID THE BEST IN THE CONTEST.”
WHICH REVISION USES THE MOST
PRECISE LANGUAGE FOR THE WORDS
“TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO DID
THE BEST IN THE CONTEST”?