2017-2018 PARCC results

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, Ludlow seems to have really consolidated its gains! 72 ELA is legit, and 51 Math is a big improvement. Seems like it’s just getting better and better...

Look folks this isn't rocket science the richer/whiter the school the higher the scores..... next

With KIPP and DC Prep being notable exceptions to that rule.

How did the school DCPS set up for black men (an idea I am opposed to) fare? While I'm opposed to the idea I am willing to give any new school leeway in the first years.

You can see Ron Brown's results here: http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/436

Obviously a ways to go but better scores than Coolidge, Ballou, Anacostia, or Dunbar and on par with Roosevelt and Cardozo.

It's worth noting that they only show results for high schoolers who took geometry--if kids took it in middle school, they wouldn't show up here.

For all the people who feel like DCPS should be doing more to cater to the wishes of high SES families (look at any thread on the cluster) looking at the high school scores shows just how much work DCPS still needs to do with the students who make up a majority of their population.

That's an easy fix. No more social promotion. I would break it down like this. Everyone has scores for the prior year now. If a student got a 1 or a 2 they are going to repeat the grade. It makes absolutely no sense for a kid to continue if they haven't mastered the material for the prior year.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, Ludlow seems to have really consolidated its gains! 72 ELA is legit, and 51 Math is a big improvement. Seems like it’s just getting better and better...

Look folks this isn't rocket science the richer/whiter the school the higher the scores..... next

With KIPP and DC Prep being notable exceptions to that rule.

How did the school DCPS set up for black men (an idea I am opposed to) fare? While I'm opposed to the idea I am willing to give any new school leeway in the first years.

You can see Ron Brown's results here: http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/436

Obviously a ways to go but better scores than Coolidge, Ballou, Anacostia, or Dunbar and on par with Roosevelt and Cardozo.

It's worth noting that they only show results for high schoolers who took geometry--if kids took it in middle school, they wouldn't show up here.

For all the people who feel like DCPS should be doing more to cater to the wishes of high SES families (look at any thread on the cluster) looking at the high school scores shows just how much work DCPS still needs to do with the students who make up a majority of their population.

That's an easy fix. No more social promotion. I would break it down like this. Everyone has scores for the prior year now. If a student got a 1 or a 2 they are going to repeat the grade. It makes absolutely no sense for a kid to continue if they haven't mastered the material for the prior year.

The state of MD had something like a 30-40% overall pass rate, so you really think PARCC should be the test to use for graduation?

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Maryland is starting to use it for graduation -- although there is a way to provide an alternative portfolio or some such -- if PARCC is the only barrier to graduation.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, Ludlow seems to have really consolidated its gains! 72 ELA is legit, and 51 Math is a big improvement. Seems like it’s just getting better and better...

Look folks this isn't rocket science the richer/whiter the school the higher the scores..... next

With KIPP and DC Prep being notable exceptions to that rule.

How did the school DCPS set up for black men (an idea I am opposed to) fare? While I'm opposed to the idea I am willing to give any new school leeway in the first years.

You can see Ron Brown's results here: http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/436

Obviously a ways to go but better scores than Coolidge, Ballou, Anacostia, or Dunbar and on par with Roosevelt and Cardozo.

It's worth noting that they only show results for high schoolers who took geometry--if kids took it in middle school, they wouldn't show up here.

For all the people who feel like DCPS should be doing more to cater to the wishes of high SES families (look at any thread on the cluster) looking at the high school scores shows just how much work DCPS still needs to do with the students who make up a majority of their population.

That's an easy fix. No more social promotion. I would break it down like this. Everyone has scores for the prior year now. If a student got a 1 or a 2 they are going to repeat the grade. It makes absolutely no sense for a kid to continue if they haven't mastered the material for the prior year.

And then you’re going to have 27 year olds in class with your 16 year old daughter.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, Ludlow seems to have really consolidated its gains! 72 ELA is legit, and 51 Math is a big improvement. Seems like it’s just getting better and better...

Look folks this isn't rocket science the richer/whiter the school the higher the scores..... next

With KIPP and DC Prep being notable exceptions to that rule.

How did the school DCPS set up for black men (an idea I am opposed to) fare? While I'm opposed to the idea I am willing to give any new school leeway in the first years.

You can see Ron Brown's results here: http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/436

Obviously a ways to go but better scores than Coolidge, Ballou, Anacostia, or Dunbar and on par with Roosevelt and Cardozo.

It's worth noting that they only show results for high schoolers who took geometry--if kids took it in middle school, they wouldn't show up here.

For all the people who feel like DCPS should be doing more to cater to the wishes of high SES families (look at any thread on the cluster) looking at the high school scores shows just how much work DCPS still needs to do with the students who make up a majority of their population.

Just because a high school in one neighborhood is a POS doesn’t mean an elementary school in another can’t be great.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, Ludlow seems to have really consolidated its gains! 72 ELA is legit, and 51 Math is a big improvement. Seems like it’s just getting better and better...

Look folks this isn't rocket science the richer/whiter the school the higher the scores..... next

With KIPP and DC Prep being notable exceptions to that rule.

Also Banneker.

And CMI is doing terribly despite the presence of plenty of white and rick folks.

Not in the upper grades. The grades that tanked are a totally different demographic.

Every. Single. Grade at CMI tanked. Also, the upper grades at CMI are the exact same demographic as ITS, LAMB, and MV’s upper grades. That is no excuse.

Not every grade did. The 4th graders improved some in both areas, with a particularly big jump in the Math overall scores. With scores of 47% in both ELA and Math, they outscored all the other grades. This is interesting since I happened to know one of these 4th graders and the parents have commented to me how much better this year went than the 3rd grade year, which they had been very unhappy with. The school needs to figure out why this grade outperformed all the others and use that info to make some changes in the other grades.

47% is not high.

I didn't say it was. I was correcting a pp who said that the scores in every grade at CMI dropped, which is plainly false.

This is not rocket science. In 3rd grade, all of the 3rd grade teachers left mid year and there was rampant violent bullying. At the end of the year, students who were causing disruption -- the low-scorers -- "agreed" to leave. The next year, the 4th grade teachers stayed and the trouble students were no longer there. The scores did not raise based on anything the school did differently. If low-scoring students are pushed out, scores will continue to rise. That is not a model year and many are leaving or will leave next year for Basis, Latin, DCI, deal. I am not making decisions based on test scores because academics is not everything, but I don't fault my friends who have advanced learners. Every school does not need to fit every child and I'm glad there is a choice.

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Anonymous wrote:SWS is killing it.

No, Ross is K.I.L.L.I.N.G it!!!

And I’m not a Ross parent. I just believe that credit should be given where it’s due.

+1 also not a Ross parent, but this is the BEST school in the city! Socio-economic and racial diversity with amazing and consistent test scores over the years. Way to go Ross teachers and families.

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Anonymous wrote:SWS is killing it.

No, Ross is K.I.L.L.I.N.G it!!!

And I’m not a Ross parent. I just believe that credit should be given where it’s due.

+1 also not a Ross parent, but this is the BEST school in the city! Socio-economic and racial diversity with amazing and consistent test scores over the years. Way to go Ross teachers and families.

Clearly it does very well with its very small student body. I have not looked closely this year, but last year it was one really amazing class (or grade if they have really tiny class sizes) that was pulling up the average. I do not think that it is a reasonable comparison with schools that have 100 plus students a grade. I don’t knock Ross, I admire its accomplishments, but it should be put in perspective as it is not the same thing as doing this well with more students and classrooms.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, Ludlow seems to have really consolidated its gains! 72 ELA is legit, and 51 Math is a big improvement. Seems like it’s just getting better and better...

Look folks this isn't rocket science the richer/whiter the school the higher the scores..... next

With KIPP and DC Prep being notable exceptions to that rule.

How did the school DCPS set up for black men (an idea I am opposed to) fare? While I'm opposed to the idea I am willing to give any new school leeway in the first years.

You can see Ron Brown's results here: http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/436

Obviously a ways to go but better scores than Coolidge, Ballou, Anacostia, or Dunbar and on par with Roosevelt and Cardozo.

It's worth noting that they only show results for high schoolers who took geometry--if kids took it in middle school, they wouldn't show up here.

For all the people who feel like DCPS should be doing more to cater to the wishes of high SES families (look at any thread on the cluster) looking at the high school scores shows just how much work DCPS still needs to do with the students who make up a majority of their population.

That's an easy fix. No more social promotion. I would break it down like this. Everyone has scores for the prior year now. If a student got a 1 or a 2 they are going to repeat the grade. It makes absolutely no sense for a kid to continue if they haven't mastered the material for the prior year.

And then you’re going to have 27 year olds in class with your 16 year old daughter.

Nah I'm talking mainly elementary school. I'd only have kids fail 2 years max in elementary school. If after 2 years of failing kids still hadn't caught up to grade level I would have an alternative middle school and then high school focused on trades to enable productive members of society. Having a kid in a high school who is multiple grade levels behind is a waste of time for the student, classmates, and teachers. Most of the DC high schools have less than 20% kids on grade level. It makes absolutely no sense to have traditional high schools in those situations. I would have one or two sections for the kids who are on grade level and then focus the entire rest of the school body on trades and careers that don't need advanced cognitive abilities. You can be very productive and have a very nice middle class lifestyle. Having college prep in these situations makes absolutely no sense. Long term fixing grade level gaps needs to happen at the elementary school level if you do that then more people can go to college since they will be adequately prepared.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, Ludlow seems to have really consolidated its gains! 72 ELA is legit, and 51 Math is a big improvement. Seems like it’s just getting better and better...

Look folks this isn't rocket science the richer/whiter the school the higher the scores..... next

With KIPP and DC Prep being notable exceptions to that rule.

Also Banneker.

And CMI is doing terribly despite the presence of plenty of white and rick folks.

Not in the upper grades. The grades that tanked are a totally different demographic.

Every. Single. Grade at CMI tanked. Also, the upper grades at CMI are the exact same demographic as ITS, LAMB, and MV’s upper grades. That is no excuse.

Not every grade did. The 4th graders improved some in both areas, with a particularly big jump in the Math overall scores. With scores of 47% in both ELA and Math, they outscored all the other grades. This is interesting since I happened to know one of these 4th graders and the parents have commented to me how much better this year went than the 3rd grade year, which they had been very unhappy with. The school needs to figure out why this grade outperformed all the others and use that info to make some changes in the other grades.

47% is not high.

I didn't say it was. I was correcting a pp who said that the scores in every grade at CMI dropped, which is plainly false.

This is not rocket science. In 3rd grade, all of the 3rd grade teachers left mid year and there was rampant violent bullying. At the end of the year, students who were causing disruption -- the low-scorers -- "agreed" to leave. The next year, the 4th grade teachers stayed and the trouble students were no longer there. The scores did not raise based on anything the school did differently. If low-scoring students are pushed out, scores will continue to rise. That is not a model year and many are leaving or will leave next year for Basis, Latin, DCI, deal. I am not making decisions based on test scores because academics is not everything, but I don't fault my friends who have advanced learners. Every school does not need to fit every child and I'm glad there is a choice.

pp here. Not faulting anyone for staying or leaving because parents will do, and should do, what they think is right for their kids. But I will correct false and exaggerated info when I see it because choices should be made on actual facts, not lies and speculation, no?

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It is the smallest elementary school in all of DC with very little FARMS, ELL and special ed. It better kill it.

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Anonymous wrote:Maryland is starting to use it for graduation -- although there is a way to provide an alternative portfolio or some such -- if PARCC is the only barrier to graduation.

I would bet you most kids who graduate college in less than 6 years pass PARCC

In my opinion having kids who don't pass going to a 4 year college is a waste of money and time for these students

Get an associates degree, skilled trade, military etc and have a very successful middle class + life

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Anonymous wrote:It is the smallest elementary school in all of DC with very little FARMS, ELL and special ed. It better kill it.

Ross is small, but so is Mann. Ross is also only 65% IB—a much lower percentage than the 80% at Mann. Mann also has a lower ELL and FARMS/Econ. Dis. rate than Mann, so why isn’t Mann #1 in everything?

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, Ludlow seems to have really consolidated its gains! 72 ELA is legit, and 51 Math is a big improvement. Seems like it’s just getting better and better...

Look folks this isn't rocket science the richer/whiter the school the higher the scores..... next

With KIPP and DC Prep being notable exceptions to that rule.

How did the school DCPS set up for black men (an idea I am opposed to) fare? While I'm opposed to the idea I am willing to give any new school leeway in the first years.

You can see Ron Brown's results here: http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/436

Obviously a ways to go but better scores than Coolidge, Ballou, Anacostia, or Dunbar and on par with Roosevelt and Cardozo.

It's worth noting that they only show results for high schoolers who took geometry--if kids took it in middle school, they wouldn't show up here.

For all the people who feel like DCPS should be doing more to cater to the wishes of high SES families (look at any thread on the cluster) looking at the high school scores shows just how much work DCPS still needs to do with the students who make up a majority of their population.

That's an easy fix. No more social promotion. I would break it down like this. Everyone has scores for the prior year now. If a student got a 1 or a 2 they are going to repeat the grade. It makes absolutely no sense for a kid to continue if they haven't mastered the material for the prior year.

And then you’re going to have 27 year olds in class with your 16 year old daughter.

Nah I'm talking mainly elementary school. I'd only have kids fail 2 years max in elementary school. If after 2 years of failing kids still hadn't caught up to grade level I would have an alternative middle school and then high school focused on trades to enable productive members of society. Having a kid in a high school who is multiple grade levels behind is a waste of time for the student, classmates, and teachers. Most of the DC high schools have less than 20% kids on grade level. It makes absolutely no sense to have traditional high schools in those situations. I would have one or two sections for the kids who are on grade level and then focus the entire rest of the school body on trades and careers that don't need advanced cognitive abilities. You can be very productive and have a very nice middle class lifestyle. Having college prep in these situations makes absolutely no sense. Long term fixing grade level gaps needs to happen at the elementary school level if you do that then more people can go to college since they will be adequately prepared.

Did 3rd grade teacher leave this year? Or last year?

[Anonymous]

Easy fix. City wide lottery!