75% of Maryland 8th grade students and 69 percent of 4th grade students are at or below

[Anonymous]

Yikes. See recent data.

"75 percent of Maryland eighth-grade students and 69 percent of fourth-grade students are at or below basic achievement in mathematics."

Maryland eighth-grade math scores fell 11 points on a 500-point scale, (from 280 in 2019 to 269 this year). This means that 75 percent of Maryland eighth-grade students performed at or below the basic level. Fourth-grade scores slipped 10 points over the same period (from 239 to 229). This means that 69 percent of Maryland fourth-grade students performed at or below the basic level.

In reading, Maryland’s fourth-graders’ scores fell 8 points on a 500-point scale (from 220 in 2019 to 212 this year). This means that 69 percent of Maryland fourth-grade students performed at or below the basic level. Eighth-graders’ reading scores dropped 5 points during the same period (from 264 to 259). This means that 67 percent of Maryland eighth-grade students performed at or below the basic level.

https://patch.com/maryland/belair/achievement-tests-show-covid-toll-md-students-especially-math

[Anonymous]

Any disaggregation by County?

[Anonymous]

Yes disaggregation would be helpful. But I imagine the stats will reflect similar results. Meanwhile the teachers were telling us how everything was fine and virtual school and students loved it better than virtual. 🙄

Many of us knew all along this would happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes disaggregation would be helpful. But I imagine the stats will reflect similar results. Meanwhile the teachers were telling us how everything was fine and virtual school and students loved it better than virtual. 🙄

Many of us knew all along this would happen.

Virtual school was fine for kids who had parents who cared enough to make sure the kids were getting what they needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes disaggregation would be helpful. But I imagine the stats will reflect similar results. Meanwhile the teachers were telling us how everything was fine and virtual school and students loved it better than virtual. 🙄

Many of us knew all along this would happen.

Virtual school was fine for kids who had parents who cared enough to make sure the kids were getting what they needed.

My kids did very well academically in virtual and we were hands off except for upgrading the wifi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes disaggregation would be helpful. But I imagine the stats will reflect similar results. Meanwhile the teachers were telling us how everything was fine and virtual school and students loved it better than virtual. 🙄

Many of us knew all along this would happen.

Virtual school was fine for kids who had parents who cared enough to make sure the kids were getting what they needed.

Precisely. But they don't want to hear that and will now commence howling, because they're so invested in their self-created fiction that Virtual Learning Was Impossible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes disaggregation would be helpful. But I imagine the stats will reflect similar results. Meanwhile the teachers were telling us how everything was fine and virtual school and students loved it better than virtual. 🙄

Many of us knew all along this would happen.

Virtual school was fine for kids who had parents who cared enough to make sure the kids were getting what they needed.

No it wasn’t. My kids did fine academically but suffered considerably emotionally and socially. Virtual was a shit show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes disaggregation would be helpful. But I imagine the stats will reflect similar results. Meanwhile the teachers were telling us how everything was fine and virtual school and students loved it better than virtual. 🙄

Many of us knew all along this would happen.

Virtual school was fine for kids who had parents who cared enough to make sure the kids were getting what they needed.

That is a lie. My kid did not do well with virtual learning. He was in middle school at the time. Sure, he did his work and passed, but he didn’t learn much because he hated it so much and was so unhappy being isolated from other kids all day long. He was depressed, and depression makes you fail. Jeez, PP.

[Anonymous]

I’d like to see what percentage are at vs below grade level. Despite popular belief in this area, being at grade level is fine. Additionally, we did what needed to be done at the time. We were aware of the consequences of virtual school but the risk outweighed the benefit. Sorry that is true.

[Anonymous]

I have no doubt that there is a loss of learning due to the pandemic and virtual learning. Im just curious as to what some of you would have done differently? I mean going virtual was the only option at a time. Our kids are alive. Not saying they didn’t pay a price, of course, but what’s here is here .

[Anonymous]

These numbers are from that test the state just made up a year or two ago. I would take it that seriously. If they were using a national test like the PARC it would be different. Using one or two years of data for a test that has no credibility it's just meaningless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These numbers are from that test the state just made up a year or two ago. I would take it that seriously. If they were using a national test like the PARC it would be different. Using one or two years of data for a test that has no credibility it's just meaningless.

It helps sell a popular false narrative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no doubt that there is a loss of learning due to the pandemic and virtual learning. Im just curious as to what some of you would have done differently? I mean going virtual was the only option at a time. Our kids are alive. Not saying they didn’t pay a price, of course, but what’s here is here .

What a joke.

[Anonymous]

“at or below.” how many were “at”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have no doubt that there is a loss of learning due to the pandemic and virtual learning. Im just curious as to what some of you would have done differently? I mean going virtual was the only option at a time. Our kids are alive. Not saying they didn’t pay a price, of course, but what’s here is here .

What a joke.

Relocated to a southern state. Schools were open. Kids excelled.