Wednesday, March 23, 2011

1895 8th Grade Test in Kansas

Every once in a while, a "final test" from 1895 for 8th graders in Kansas shows up in e-mails or websites.


For those who want to see the questions AND the answers, check out this website:

http://www.barefootsworld.net/1895examcomp.html

Snopes, however, declares this test to be an urban legend -- and I don't know that anyone has actually ever documented it or scanned it to a picture file . . .

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/1895exam.asp

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