Teachers Use Bigfoot on Common Core Tests

Educators are coming up with new and interesting ways to engage students, even bigfoot. According to the questions on this test, we're pretty sure they are talking about the Skookum cast.

After reading an excerpt about a mud fossil and an analysis of mysterious hair samples that suggest the existence of a Sasquatch, students were asked: “Which detail from the article best supports the claim that Bigfoot exists?”

Eighth-graders taking the English test were asked to read an excerpt about the discovery of a mud fossil and an analysis of mysterious hair samples that suggest the existence of a Sasquatch.

They were asked “Which detail from the article best supports the claim that Bigfoot exists?”

A. “The creature was enormous — at least seven feet tall —. . . and walked upright like a man.”
B. “Deep impressions of a hair-covered hip, elbow, heel, wrist and even buttocks were left in the mud.”
C. “One hair had unique primate (ape) characteristics.”
D. “Dr. Henner Fahrenback, a biomedical research scientist ­from Beaverton, Oregon. . . has labeled it ‘Sasquatch.’ ”

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