Trying to prevent panic |
Wow, this is a difficult test. So much of reading and synthesizing information. Can't imagine how the ELD student be able to do this well. Would some of the content/passages from the practice tests potentially be included in the actual MISA test? |
I have no official knowledge, but would suspect that the semester B grade would be replaced and the MISA test will stand. |
For non seniors, if MISA manages to drag down grades, I suspect there will be accomodations like retake opportunities next years. |
You don't know how it will be graded and curved. |
Is it curved? Our child was also told that AI is grading the free response questions this year. |
Standardized tests are always curved. And yes, they are using an AI that they have trained for the past two years to score this year's free responses. I was at a state level training and asked about how they were going to return scores so quickly. The AI was trained on 2022 FRQs which were scored as usual. Then the AI graded 2023 which were all hand checked and verified that it was working correctly. |
Oh my goodness this link is so helpful. Thank you! |
Do AP Bio students have to take this? My kid was supposed to take it a few days ago but her school didn’t have testing tickets for the AP bio students. It was a disorganized shit show and they were all sent home. She just got an email that she has to take it tomorrow, the last day before AP
Exams start. She doesn’t want to miss class for this when she was ready to take it earlier in the week. |
Our school messed up and did not allow some kids to test including mine. Call the school. It’s a requirement for graduation. |
The full practice test is in a janky app. The "Go Directly to an Individual Set" pages are better formatted for small screens |
My 9th grader’s teacher told his class that she’ll “make sure the test doesn’t negatively impact their grade.” Not sure how she’ll do that? |
This test is totally obnoxious.
Question 1 is " Scientists claim that one reason Earth is warming is because it is absorbing more radiation from the Sun. Which data best support this claim?" https://itempra.org/public/arctic-ice None of the answers are good answers to the question that was asked. Looking at the Answer guide, it shows that the actual, unwritten question students are supposed to answer is "Which of the following statement are supported by the text and charts above?" So right off the bat, this is a test of "How well you know MISA's quirky gimmick?" not a test of science. |
If the scores scores come back before EOY, she can boost non-A grade to A for quarter. This wouldn't help semester-AA or BA + MISA-D students. She may be betting that won't be needed. I refuse to believe that MISA will give such low grades across the board, in it's first year. |
I read somewhere on mcps’s disastrous website that those taking AP bio don’t need to take this. The inconsistency of information is ridiculous. |