Grade-school students baffled as brands including Nike, iPods and Barbies appear in exam papers

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<p>“Brands such as Barbie, iPod, Mug Root Beer and Life Savers showed up in questions on tests that more than 1 million students in grades 3 through 8 took this month.”</p>

<p>Students complain of being sold to; parents point to product placement.</p>

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<p><a href=“Parents accuse N.Y. Common Core tests of product placement | Al Jazeera America”>http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/4/21/test-product-placement.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It’s ridiculous, and if no one’s making money from that, I’ll be shocked. I mean, I don’t think kids really need to see brand names to understand what dolls, soda, and candy are.</p>

<p>My S said if he’d been in school and seen this, he’d have taken the 0. But then look who he was raised by.</p>