Stoddert

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent & Realtor living in GP here.

We've been very happy. One kid who just finished and is in middle and the other is still at Stoddert. Some problems with behavioral issues that weren't addressed, but the Principal whose tenure that happened on left and we're in better hands now.

I think it starts strong but it can get a little dicier in the upper grades. By 5th grade my older kid had NO HOMEWORK ever, which wasn't a great preparation tactic for middle school. They also love their PARCC tests, but I think that's finally being bagged this year. I didn't like though that they prepped them for several weeks for PARCC tests in mid-spring, then there was no homework after that. It felt like most of 5th grade was a waste.

Just want to chime in that PARC was bagged… and replaced with another standardized test. So it will likely be the same story.

GP Parent / Realtor again you're replying to. Yes! I heard! Our teacher conference on Thursday, the teacher made it clear that PARCC is dunzo and made the comment that "DC is the last place to get rid of PARCC."

You fell for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent & Realtor living in GP here.

We've been very happy. One kid who just finished and is in middle and the other is still at Stoddert. Some problems with behavioral issues that weren't addressed, but the Principal whose tenure that happened on left and we're in better hands now.

I think it starts strong but it can get a little dicier in the upper grades. By 5th grade my older kid had NO HOMEWORK ever, which wasn't a great preparation tactic for middle school. They also love their PARCC tests, but I think that's finally being bagged this year. I didn't like though that they prepped them for several weeks for PARCC tests in mid-spring, then there was no homework after that. It felt like most of 5th grade was a waste.

Just want to chime in that PARC was bagged… and replaced with another standardized test. So it will likely be the same story.

GP Parent / Realtor again you're replying to. Yes! I heard! Our teacher conference on Thursday, the teacher made it clear that PARCC is dunzo and made the comment that "DC is the last place to get rid of PARCC."

You fell for it.

Oh I expected it to be replaced with another test. But the actual PARCC thing, that's going away - DC being one of the last areas to use it. We'll be bowing out this year anyway. It's ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent & Realtor living in GP here.

We've been very happy. One kid who just finished and is in middle and the other is still at Stoddert. Some problems with behavioral issues that weren't addressed, but the Principal whose tenure that happened on left and we're in better hands now.

I think it starts strong but it can get a little dicier in the upper grades. By 5th grade my older kid had NO HOMEWORK ever, which wasn't a great preparation tactic for middle school. They also love their PARCC tests, but I think that's finally being bagged this year. I didn't like though that they prepped them for several weeks for PARCC tests in mid-spring, then there was no homework after that. It felt like most of 5th grade was a waste.

Just want to chime in that PARC was bagged… and replaced with another standardized test. So it will likely be the same story.

GP Parent / Realtor again you're replying to. Yes! I heard! Our teacher conference on Thursday, the teacher made it clear that PARCC is dunzo and made the comment that "DC is the last place to get rid of PARCC."

You fell for it.

Oh I expected it to be replaced with another test. But the actual PARCC thing, that's going away - DC being one of the last areas to use it. We'll be bowing out this year anyway. It's ridiculous.

Don’t get your hopes up. They just changed the name- that’s pretty much it.

[Anonymous]

PARCC has been renamed CAPE. Content and scoring are not changing.