MISA score on HS transcript?

[Anonymous]

DC is in 8th grade and very anxious. they are having MISA test next week and teachers are telling them that their MISA score is going to be on the HS transcript and that colleges will be seeing it. is this true? it doesn't sound like it but wanted to check with DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Nope

[Anonymous]

Never heard of it

[Anonymous]

It's merged into your semester grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's merged into your semester grade.

Not for 8th grade

[Anonymous]

So I talked to DC again, and they said that teachers are telling them "colleges will have access to these scores"? Perhaps not through the transcript? Please give me some ammunition to calm DC down.

[Anonymous]

It won’t appear on any high school transcript. Science classes in middle school are not high school level courses. And 8th grade MISA is like all the other MCAP tests that do not appear anywhere in Synergy bc it is a state test, not county. They are really designed as a measure to see if the schools are doing a sufficient job teaching the subject matter. They’re used to compare and evaluate schools, as required by the state, not MCPS.

I do know the 9th grade state bio tests are required to be factored into students’ 2nd semester grade. I am not certain whether 8th grade MISA is factored into the grade. But it’s not going to be seen by colleges and they definitely do not care about anything students did in middle school, particularly some obscure random test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I talked to DC again, and they said that teachers are telling them "colleges will have access to these scores"? Perhaps not through the transcript? Please give me some ammunition to calm DC down.

Ask the teacher whether she's a liar or a fool, or your kid's a fool.

If you're kid's a fool, MISA won't matter either way

[Anonymous]

It’s calculated as part of the quarter grade, but not shown as a separate grade.

[Anonymous]

Only for 9th grade. It’s a big chick of the semester A grade. But no one will have access to the score unless you provide it.

[Anonymous]

*chunk (apologies)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s calculated as part of the quarter grade, but not shown as a separate grade.

At my DC’s school, only the practice test is calculated as part of their grade.

[Anonymous]

This is what is flawed with MCAP (excepts for Algebra) and MISA in middle school. They have no impact on students. And students know it. They don't need to do well on these tests and many don't try. These scores are not a true representation of what the students know or what the teacher has taught, because many students don't put in the effort. I probably wouldn't either, if I knew it didn't impact me in any way.

So, maybe a teacher lied to tried to get students to at least try.

[Anonymous]

No.

But it would be worth emailing the teacher for clarification.

[Anonymous]

In HS, te School's grade report records these scores for purposes of tracking whether the student has met the graduation requirements, but the actual transcript does not include that box.