McKinley Middle School

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My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

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I think it's pretty good, compared to other DCPS middle schools. I know that the 8th grade advanced math class is usually taught by a McKinley Tech teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

I doubt it if only 8% are meeting or exceeding expectations in math and <5% in science.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

I doubt it if only 8% are meeting or exceeding expectations in math and <5% in science.

Correlation =/ causation

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

I doubt it if only 8% are meeting or exceeding expectations in math and <5% in science.

Aren’t those PARCC numbers 3 years old? None of those kids are even in middle school anymore.

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I know a couple of teachers at McKinley Tech HS and they told me that McKinley middle is terrible. I am not sure what the problem is with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I know a couple of teachers at McKinley Tech HS and they told me that McKinley middle is terrible. I am not sure what the problem is with it.

I'm told the problem is the faculty. And also they don't recruit hardly at all. But I will say that Langley and Langdon (its feeders) are doing better so maybe the improvements will start to flow upwards. And it is a nicely renovated space.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

I doubt it if only 8% are meeting or exceeding expectations in math and <5% in science.

Aren’t those PARCC numbers 3 years old? None of those kids are even in middle school anymore.

You realize that stats are likely going to be worst with the pandemic right? Learning loss has been huge in DC especially the lower performing groups.

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I love all of the dog whistles on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:I love all of the dog whistles on DCUM.

If you think McKinley Middle is a good school please explain why. And explain why so many POC students who are IB or have feeder rights choose not to attend.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

I doubt it if only 8% are meeting or exceeding expectations in math and <5% in science.

Aren’t those PARCC numbers 3 years old? None of those kids are even in middle school anymore.

And you think post-pandemic those PARCC scores are going to be better??!!

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

I doubt it if only 8% are meeting or exceeding expectations in math and <5% in science.

Aren’t those PARCC numbers 3 years old? None of those kids are even in middle school anymore.

You realize that stats are likely going to be worst with the pandemic right? Learning loss has been huge in DC especially the lower performing groups.

It is true that there has been learning loss, but I still wouldn't rely on 3 yr old stats to dismiss a school, especially in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood where the students at the feeders are seeing rapid improvements in their test scores. Let's say you had a kid in 7th grade in 2020--her scores are likely to slip as a result of learning loss. So let's say she went from scoring 3s to scoring 2s. But, in the same neighborhood, you are seeing a higher proportion of kids who are not at risk. Sure, you may see some learning loss there too, but maybe less. So maybe now in 2022 you have a new class of 7th graders with more kids who were scoring 4s, and now they are scoring 3s and 4s. That still reflects growth. I can't tell how much of a shift is happening at McKinley MS, but the posters who keep chiming in to remind us all about learning loss are right, but also I think missing other forces at play in schools like these. All of which is to say, visit the school if you can, rather than relying on opinions of outsiders judging old test scores. I am a nerd and follow them on social media and it looks like some cools things are happening there.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

I doubt it if only 8% are meeting or exceeding expectations in math and <5% in science.

Aren’t those PARCC numbers 3 years old? None of those kids are even in middle school anymore.

You realize that stats are likely going to be worst with the pandemic right? Learning loss has been huge in DC especially the lower performing groups.

It is true that there has been learning loss, but I still wouldn't rely on 3 yr old stats to dismiss a school, especially in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood where the students at the feeders are seeing rapid improvements in their test scores. Let's say you had a kid in 7th grade in 2020--her scores are likely to slip as a result of learning loss. So let's say she went from scoring 3s to scoring 2s. But, in the same neighborhood, you are seeing a higher proportion of kids who are not at risk. Sure, you may see some learning loss there too, but maybe less. So maybe now in 2022 you have a new class of 7th graders with more kids who were scoring 4s, and now they are scoring 3s and 4s. That still reflects growth. I can't tell how much of a shift is happening at McKinley MS, but the posters who keep chiming in to remind us all about learning loss are right, but also I think missing other forces at play in schools like these. All of which is to say, visit the school if you can, rather than relying on opinions of outsiders judging old test scores. I am a nerd and follow them on social media and it looks like some cools things are happening there.

Are the feeders seeing improvements at the upper elementary levels? Which ones? I'm in the neighborhood and most of these kids at DCPS feeders seem younger, to where it's not even clear to me that you're going to see big groups staying at their DCPS elementary the whole way through.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

I doubt it if only 8% are meeting or exceeding expectations in math and <5% in science.

Aren’t those PARCC numbers 3 years old? None of those kids are even in middle school anymore.

You realize that stats are likely going to be worst with the pandemic right? Learning loss has been huge in DC especially the lower performing groups.

It is true that there has been learning loss, but I still wouldn't rely on 3 yr old stats to dismiss a school, especially in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood where the students at the feeders are seeing rapid improvements in their test scores. Let's say you had a kid in 7th grade in 2020--her scores are likely to slip as a result of learning loss. So let's say she went from scoring 3s to scoring 2s. But, in the same neighborhood, you are seeing a higher proportion of kids who are not at risk. Sure, you may see some learning loss there too, but maybe less. So maybe now in 2022 you have a new class of 7th graders with more kids who were scoring 4s, and now they are scoring 3s and 4s. That still reflects growth. I can't tell how much of a shift is happening at McKinley MS, but the posters who keep chiming in to remind us all about learning loss are right, but also I think missing other forces at play in schools like these. All of which is to say, visit the school if you can, rather than relying on opinions of outsiders judging old test scores. I am a nerd and follow them on social media and it looks like some cools things are happening there.

All of this. Langley isn't even majority at-risk anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS was matched at McKinley Middle School and was wondering if that is a good school for math and science?

I doubt it if only 8% are meeting or exceeding expectations in math and <5% in science.

Aren’t those PARCC numbers 3 years old? None of those kids are even in middle school anymore.

You realize that stats are likely going to be worst with the pandemic right? Learning loss has been huge in DC especially the lower performing groups.

It is true that there has been learning loss, but I still wouldn't rely on 3 yr old stats to dismiss a school, especially in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood where the students at the feeders are seeing rapid improvements in their test scores. Let's say you had a kid in 7th grade in 2020--her scores are likely to slip as a result of learning loss. So let's say she went from scoring 3s to scoring 2s. But, in the same neighborhood, you are seeing a higher proportion of kids who are not at risk. Sure, you may see some learning loss there too, but maybe less. So maybe now in 2022 you have a new class of 7th graders with more kids who were scoring 4s, and now they are scoring 3s and 4s. That still reflects growth. I can't tell how much of a shift is happening at McKinley MS, but the posters who keep chiming in to remind us all about learning loss are right, but also I think missing other forces at play in schools like these. All of which is to say, visit the school if you can, rather than relying on opinions of outsiders judging old test scores. I am a nerd and follow them on social media and it looks like some cools things are happening there.

Are the feeders seeing improvements at the upper elementary levels? Which ones? I'm in the neighborhood and most of these kids at DCPS feeders seem younger, to where it's not even clear to me that you're going to see big groups staying at their DCPS elementary the whole way through.

This. Overwhelming majority of families start leaving in K and 1st. By 3rd there is hardly any left.