PARCC results: how will they be communicated to families?

[Anonymous]

Should we expect these in a stamped envelope in the mail, in Aspen, in a manila envelop handed to students? Do we know?

[Anonymous]

Call your school and ask.

[Anonymous]

or, just wait and see?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:or, just wait and see?

I'm the PP - realized this might have come across as snarky, but genuinely think this would be the most useful step, rather than burdening school staff with fielding this question.

[Anonymous]

It depends. If your child is still at the school, then maybe you will get it at back to school night in early to mid September.
If your child has switched schools, then expect a letter in the mail, maybe by the end of September.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It depends. If your child is still at the school, then maybe you will get it at back to school night in early to mid September.
If your child has switched schools, then expect a letter in the mail, maybe by the end of September.

Thank you! That's a huge lag after the schools get them, and borderline offensive to send them via snail mail when kids spent so much time taking the tests at computers. Blargh.

[Anonymous]

Pre pandemic we got it in the mail from our charter. Can’t remember the exact timing but feel like it was very early into the year. If results are embargoed the school has to wait.

[Anonymous]

Won’t they just be posted online somewhere?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Won’t they just be posted online somewhere?!

Not your individual kid’s results, no! Can you imagine? They mail them home.

[Anonymous]

It’s a multi page report with your kid’s scores, how they performed in different sections, how they compare to their peers, etc. it’s not just “Susie got a 4”

[Anonymous]

I remember getting it in the mail. Like, snail mail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Won’t they just be posted online somewhere?!

Not your individual kid’s results, no! Can you imagine? They mail them home.

DCPS posts multi-page report cards on Aspen, in addition to mailing them, why not post this on Aspen as well? This is really ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a multi page report with your kid’s scores, how they performed in different sections, how they compare to their peers, etc. it’s not just “Susie got a 4”

The peer comparison is very limited. Nobody takes PARCC anymore so you are just comparing to other kids in DC of which many are low performing.

It doesn’t give you data on national comparison like other more widely used standardized tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a multi page report with your kid’s scores, how they performed in different sections, how they compare to their peers, etc. it’s not just “Susie got a 4”

The peer comparison is very limited. Nobody takes PARCC anymore so you are just comparing to other kids in DC of which many are low performing.

It doesn’t give you data on national comparison like other more widely used standardized tests.

Just wanted to share what we had received in the past in case it helped to explain why it wasn’t just a number to post online. Maybe they will change that going forward but sharing it was more than that in the past. Whether you think it’s useful is up to you of course

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a multi page report with your kid’s scores, how they performed in different sections, how they compare to their peers, etc. it’s not just “Susie got a 4”

The peer comparison is very limited. Nobody takes PARCC anymore so you are just comparing to other kids in DC of which many are low performing.

It doesn’t give you data on national comparison like other more widely used standardized tests.

Very true. I think DC is the only place using PARCC. At its height there were more than 10 states using PARCC including Maryland. So, why do you think it is like that? I would love to know how my kids compare to other kids in other states.