Welcome to the rest of your school year! and I promise it is goin’ to hurt
Welcome to the rest of your school year!
Now is the time to start studying for the AIMS Math Test. You will pass it because you believe you can.
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AIMS Math Test Today. w00t!
congratulations on all the hard work in preparing for the most useless exam of your life. 
if you think you passed, bye-bye NOW. for those who think they failed, see ya next time.
AIMS Math Test Next Tuesday, Time to Huddle, Study and Kick some AIMS Math Butt!!
Test next Tuesday. Don’t panic!
- Get a game plan together. Set priorities. Go for it!
- Spend some study time practicing with sample tests.
- Review your weak areas with Primezero’s Annotated Solutions Manual.
- Get plenty of sleep on Monday night.
- Kick the AIMS math test so hard that the test publishers feel it.
AIMS Math Test Should be Canceled This Year, Classes Should Have Pizza Party Instead
I would be disappointed if I wrote this manual for nothing, but then again, it would be nice for students to do something more productive like have a pizza party. That’s right. A pizza party is a better use of student and teacher time than the AIMS Test.
Look at this joke:
The Age of AIMS has come and gone; long gone are the days of fake standards testing; now cometh the reality of pure economic survival
As the recession sets in, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the AIMS math test undervalues and undercuts all the hard work that graduating from high school requires.
Arizona Daily Star is reporting that Arizona lawmakers may basically end the significance of the AIMS test all together – SWEEEEET! This is totally awesome.
Here is an excerpt from that article:
“If we’re going to do this, we really ought to just get rid of AIMS,” said Rep. Eddie Farnsworth, R-Gilbert. But Rep. Andy Biggs, also R-Gilbert, said the bill doesn’t water the test down more than it already is.
“The reality is, AIMS is already gutted with or without this bill because it’s been politicized,” Biggs said. “It’s just symbolic.”
I am excited because this means I can focus on a new, real exam for real students that does not have mandate related to the futures of students — instead it will be a new marketing tool for various students with various talents …
Yep, that’s right. “Super-AIMS” Math Test is still in development. Sample questions will be available in mid-March.
Developing …
Primezero Research To Develop Completely Different and Independent “Super AIMS Math Test”
In light of the lowered standards in the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards, Primezero will develop a new “Super AIMS Math Test”.
Even if students pass the AIMS test, they may not be prepared to actually solve real-life problems in industries such as roofing, solar energy and even baking.
Students exiting high school unable to estimate cost of commodities, like wheat or gold, can only harm society. So, Primezero Research has begun work on a new approach to assessing student understanding of the Arizona Department of Education’s Standards.
As usual, the research will not use a penny of Arizona Department of Education, as much of the test development will only need a pen, a paper and some common sense.
For students who feel undervalued, underestimated and just plain bored, help is one the way.
Developing …
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Downloads
- 2005 Annotated Solutions Manual for the Arizona AIMS High School Math Sample Test - PDF - (May 2007 final, Eric Okorie)
- 2005 AIMS Sample Math Test - PDF - (November 2006 Revision, AZ Dept of Education)
- 2003 Annotated Solutions Manual for the Arizona AIMS High School Math Sample Test - online only - (April 2004 final, Eric Okorie)
- 2003 AIMS Sample Math Test - PDF - (Form MA-ST-1, January 2001, AZ Dept of Education)
** These sample tests were downloaded from the Arizona Department of Education AIMS Math Test Web Site and mirrored on this server for your convenience during high-demand weeks leading up to the exam.
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Why is Math Important?
No Math? No Rosalind Franklin.
No structure of DNA or cell phones.
No Math? No George Washington Carver.
No Peanut Butter. No Shampoo.
No Math? No Albert Einstein.
No General Relativity Theory.