PSAT disasters today--

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Multiple schools in MCPS and elsewhere stopped the exam midway through due to IT issues with the College Board site.

They will likely re-administer but won't this completely compromise the integrity of the test? Some kids will have seen the vocab words, etc twice.

Wouldn't this impact every kid taking the test if the issue was with College Board? My DCPS kid did not report any IT issues.

No, it's an issue with tech. It applied to some types of devices and not others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Multiple schools in MCPS and elsewhere stopped the exam midway through due to IT issues with the College Board site.

They will likely re-administer but won't this completely compromise the integrity of the test? Some kids will have seen the vocab words, etc twice.

Isn't that the entire point of "equity grading" at MCPS? It's a do over - take the test as many times as you need to in order to master the subject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Multiple schools in MCPS and elsewhere stopped the exam midway through due to IT issues with the College Board site.

They will likely re-administer but won't this completely compromise the integrity of the test? Some kids will have seen the vocab words, etc twice.

Wouldn't this impact every kid taking the test if the issue was with College Board? My DCPS kid did not report any IT issues.

My kid (MCPS) said the test stopped working on his Chromebook after he completed the English section. He's upset because he thinks he did well based on his practice tests and now will have to re-take it.

Not sure about the PSAT, but you can’t take a digital SSAT on a chromebook—double check if that’s an accepted device.

All the FCPS high schools now have chromebooks and that's what they used today for the PSAT.

[Anonymous]

My FCPS student was fine today but is an 11th grader so has the older laptops that she had since last year and not the Chromebook. So what’s gonna happen now if the Chromebook’s don’t work with the test?

[Anonymous]

My kid took it on an FCPS Chromebook and it worked. They just had to clear their cache and it was fine. He did say the second portion of the math was a lot of stuff he has never heard of before.

[Anonymous]

Disaster… lol

[Anonymous]

The issue was the program/site that college board had the proctors using to manage things. The app the students use to take the test was fine. It didn't matter what computer the kids had...we had both dells and chromebooks in our school today

-testing person

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The issue was the program/site that college board had the proctors using to manage things. The app the students use to take the test was fine. It didn't matter what computer the kids had...we had both dells and chromebooks in our school today

-testing person

This is what my kid told me happened at Churchill. They did not have issues but the Procter did.

[Anonymous]

My FCPS student said the exam started late but was fine after they got the go ahead and began the test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter was in a room with last names A-F and the the test started at different times for each letter of the alphabet staggered by 10-15 min. The result was a very loud and distracting last hour as people were leaving at all different times. Definitely not ideal.

DCs school avoided this by not dismissing anyone until all rooms had finished testing. The school issued Chromebooks worked fine and everyone was able to start within about 30 minutes of the originally planned time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our private ran the test with minimal issues. All kids took it.

Same here, but for PSAT10.

[Anonymous]

My kid's mcps high school had no issues that I'm aware of.

I don't care if some kids have to take it again and make a better score than my kid. It's a PRACTICE test.

[Anonymous]

Mine reported that they thought the digital was easier than the paper practice tests. What did your kids report?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disaster… lol

Yes! Sounds like the media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine reported that they thought the digital was easier than the paper practice tests. What did your kids report?

Yes. The digital is supposed to be easier but a worse curve than the paper.