High school testing this week

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My Freshman has MISA tomorrow.
Regular days Tuesday and Thursday.
Half day Wednesday for tests he's not taking.
AP Friday morning and then I guess he can go home? It's unclear.

How? Is he cleared from all his afternoon classes that aren’t AP?

Einstein excuses kids taking AP or IB classes from the rest of that school day. So if you only take one exam, you can come in late/leave early.

They sent out a Google release form for parents to sign, but my kid actually filled theirs out for me because I couldn't get the link to work, so it's really just legal CYA on the school's part.

And the state testing is done in the students' regular classes, so they've instituted a block schedule Tues-Fri to make the periods long enough. Those (non-AP or IB) students will go through their full day, and are not excused before/after testing.

But again, it looks like every school is handling things differently, so everyone should confirm with their individual admin. Without the name of the school, nobody can say for sure whether your freshman is excused.

It would have been nice if they told us this as it wasn't clear and we got a call from our kid to come get them.

From Einstein?

The stuff about being excused before or after AP/IB exams was in Mr Brown's weekly bulletin for a couple of weeks, and it was also in the April 19th email from Ms Rivera with the exam schedules:

"If an AP or IB exam is scheduled in the morning, MCPS allows students to be excused from classes for the remainder of the day. If an AP or IB exam is scheduled for the afternoon, MCPS allows students to be excused from class until the scheduled exam time. Juniors and Seniors taking an AP or IB exam in May 2024 must complete the permission form before April 25, 2024, to be excused from classes on exam days."

It can be tough to wade through all those messages to figure out what's relevant and what isn't, for sure! But this was definitely repeated in a couple of places, and my kid said teachers had reminded them about the form in class.

[Anonymous]

If kids take the AP government test, do they still take the MCAP government test as well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If kids take the AP government test, do they still take the MCAP government test as well?

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My Freshman has MISA tomorrow.
Regular days Tuesday and Thursday.
Half day Wednesday for tests he's not taking.
AP Friday morning and then I guess he can go home? It's unclear.

How? Is he cleared from all his afternoon classes that aren’t AP?

Einstein excuses kids taking AP or IB classes from the rest of that school day. So if you only take one exam, you can come in late/leave early.

They sent out a Google release form for parents to sign, but my kid actually filled theirs out for me because I couldn't get the link to work, so it's really just legal CYA on the school's part.

And the state testing is done in the students' regular classes, so they've instituted a block schedule Tues-Fri to make the periods long enough. Those (non-AP or IB) students will go through their full day, and are not excused before/after testing.

But again, it looks like every school is handling things differently, so everyone should confirm with their individual admin. Without the name of the school, nobody can say for sure whether your freshman is excused.

It would have been nice if they told us this as it wasn't clear and we got a call from our kid to come get them.

From Einstein?

The stuff about being excused before or after AP/IB exams was in Mr Brown's weekly bulletin for a couple of weeks, and it was also in the April 19th email from Ms Rivera with the exam schedules:

"If an AP or IB exam is scheduled in the morning, MCPS allows students to be excused from classes for the remainder of the day. If an AP or IB exam is scheduled for the afternoon, MCPS allows students to be excused from class until the scheduled exam time. Juniors and Seniors taking an AP or IB exam in May 2024 must complete the permission form before April 25, 2024, to be excused from classes on exam days."

It can be tough to wade through all those messages to figure out what's relevant and what isn't, for sure! But this was definitely repeated in a couple of places, and my kid said teachers had reminded them about the form in class.

It certainly would be nice if MCPS posted this somewhere and shared with all HS AP Testing Coordinators and staff. As certainly this is clear at all schools and teachers are certainly taking attendance. Heck, my kid got marked absent in classes while taking an AP exam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My Freshman has MISA tomorrow.
Regular days Tuesday and Thursday.
Half day Wednesday for tests he's not taking.
AP Friday morning and then I guess he can go home? It's unclear.

How? Is he cleared from all his afternoon classes that aren’t AP?

Einstein excuses kids taking AP or IB classes from the rest of that school day. So if you only take one exam, you can come in late/leave early.

They sent out a Google release form for parents to sign, but my kid actually filled theirs out for me because I couldn't get the link to work, so it's really just legal CYA on the school's part.

And the state testing is done in the students' regular classes, so they've instituted a block schedule Tues-Fri to make the periods long enough. Those (non-AP or IB) students will go through their full day, and are not excused before/after testing.

But again, it looks like every school is handling things differently, so everyone should confirm with their individual admin. Without the name of the school, nobody can say for sure whether your freshman is excused.

It would have been nice if they told us this as it wasn't clear and we got a call from our kid to come get them.

From Einstein?

The stuff about being excused before or after AP/IB exams was in Mr Brown's weekly bulletin for a couple of weeks, and it was also in the April 19th email from Ms Rivera with the exam schedules:

"If an AP or IB exam is scheduled in the morning, MCPS allows students to be excused from classes for the remainder of the day. If an AP or IB exam is scheduled for the afternoon, MCPS allows students to be excused from class until the scheduled exam time. Juniors and Seniors taking an AP or IB exam in May 2024 must complete the permission form before April 25, 2024, to be excused from classes on exam days."

It can be tough to wade through all those messages to figure out what's relevant and what isn't, for sure! But this was definitely repeated in a couple of places, and my kid said teachers had reminded them about the form in class.

It certainly would be nice if MCPS posted this somewhere and shared with all HS AP Testing Coordinators and staff. As certainly this is clear at all schools and teachers are certainly taking attendance. Heck, my kid got marked absent in classes while taking an AP exam.

Attendance really does not matter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If kids take the AP government test, do they still take the MCAP government test as well?

No

Even if they are 9th grade and it’s part of their final grade for the class? How does that work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My Freshman has MISA tomorrow.
Regular days Tuesday and Thursday.
Half day Wednesday for tests he's not taking.
AP Friday morning and then I guess he can go home? It's unclear.

How? Is he cleared from all his afternoon classes that aren’t AP?

Einstein excuses kids taking AP or IB classes from the rest of that school day. So if you only take one exam, you can come in late/leave early.

They sent out a Google release form for parents to sign, but my kid actually filled theirs out for me because I couldn't get the link to work, so it's really just legal CYA on the school's part.

And the state testing is done in the students' regular classes, so they've instituted a block schedule Tues-Fri to make the periods long enough. Those (non-AP or IB) students will go through their full day, and are not excused before/after testing.

But again, it looks like every school is handling things differently, so everyone should confirm with their individual admin. Without the name of the school, nobody can say for sure whether your freshman is excused.

It would have been nice if they told us this as it wasn't clear and we got a call from our kid to come get them.

From Einstein?

The stuff about being excused before or after AP/IB exams was in Mr Brown's weekly bulletin for a couple of weeks, and it was also in the April 19th email from Ms Rivera with the exam schedules:

"If an AP or IB exam is scheduled in the morning, MCPS allows students to be excused from classes for the remainder of the day. If an AP or IB exam is scheduled for the afternoon, MCPS allows students to be excused from class until the scheduled exam time. Juniors and Seniors taking an AP or IB exam in May 2024 must complete the permission form before April 25, 2024, to be excused from classes on exam days."

It can be tough to wade through all those messages to figure out what's relevant and what isn't, for sure! But this was definitely repeated in a couple of places, and my kid said teachers had reminded them about the form in class.

It certainly would be nice if MCPS posted this somewhere and shared with all HS AP Testing Coordinators and staff. As certainly this is clear at all schools and teachers are certainly taking attendance. Heck, my kid got marked absent in classes while taking an AP exam.

My kid got marked absent too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If kids take the AP government test, do they still take the MCAP government test as well?

No

Even if they are 9th grade and it’s part of their final grade for the class? How does that work?

I do not know how it works, but all the information I have seen about the NSL government state test makes it clear that AP Gov test takers do not take the state test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. My junior at Wheaton has had numerous morning where they literally have nothing to do. Roam the halls, hang out in auditorium, whatever. He and his friends found a teacher who let them sit in her classroom.

Such a waste.

+10000

And the AP testing kids get to go home early so there is no afternoon learning either. A waste of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My Freshman has MISA tomorrow.
Regular days Tuesday and Thursday.
Half day Wednesday for tests he's not taking.
AP Friday morning and then I guess he can go home? It's unclear.

How? Is he cleared from all his afternoon classes that aren’t AP?

Einstein excuses kids taking AP or IB classes from the rest of that school day. So if you only take one exam, you can come in late/leave early.

They sent out a Google release form for parents to sign, but my kid actually filled theirs out for me because I couldn't get the link to work, so it's really just legal CYA on the school's part.

And the state testing is done in the students' regular classes, so they've instituted a block schedule Tues-Fri to make the periods long enough. Those (non-AP or IB) students will go through their full day, and are not excused before/after testing.

But again, it looks like every school is handling things differently, so everyone should confirm with their individual admin. Without the name of the school, nobody can say for sure whether your freshman is excused.

It would have been nice if they told us this as it wasn't clear and we got a call from our kid to come get them.

From Einstein?

The stuff about being excused before or after AP/IB exams was in Mr Brown's weekly bulletin for a couple of weeks, and it was also in the April 19th email from Ms Rivera with the exam schedules:

"If an AP or IB exam is scheduled in the morning, MCPS allows students to be excused from classes for the remainder of the day. If an AP or IB exam is scheduled for the afternoon, MCPS allows students to be excused from class until the scheduled exam time. Juniors and Seniors taking an AP or IB exam in May 2024 must complete the permission form before April 25, 2024, to be excused from classes on exam days."

It can be tough to wade through all those messages to figure out what's relevant and what isn't, for sure! But this was definitely repeated in a couple of places, and my kid said teachers had reminded them about the form in class.

It certainly would be nice if MCPS posted this somewhere and shared with all HS AP Testing Coordinators and staff. As certainly this is clear at all schools and teachers are certainly taking attendance. Heck, my kid got marked absent in classes while taking an AP exam.

Attendance really does not matter

It really does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is an 8th grader taking Alg II at the HS. I had no idea how much testing occurred in May until I saw the calendar. His 1st period is now around 12:30 on test by days. Of course at 12:30 he’ll be back in his regular MS class. I hoping the teacher will work with him on missing assignments and material. I don’t hold out much hope though—she hasn’t responded to one email all year.

Not only does this not answer OP’s question, no one cares

[Anonymous]

English MCAP should be done in one day. Why do they spread it over two days? You had students testing in the room saying "it doesn't matter". Do they not know the English MCAP in 10th is a HS requirement? Hate testing week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is an 8th grader taking Alg II at the HS. I had no idea how much testing occurred in May until I saw the calendar. His 1st period is now around 12:30 on test by days. Of course at 12:30 he’ll be back in his regular MS class. I hoping the teacher will work with him on missing assignments and material. I don’t hold out much hope though—she hasn’t responded to one email all year.

I wouldn’t worry. The high schoolers aren’t learning either, busy with tests. Just end of year review. Go over old work and tests, and do Khan or IXL or Alcumus.

DD did this a few years ago and all I remember is that DD was excited to have the free period in the morning because no one was going to drive her to her first period in the middle of the day and she did not want to miss her MS classes anyway. She never told me anything about having to make up any work so I assume there wasn't any to make up.

[Anonymous]

Check out link to discussion on AP testing not necessarily limited to MCPS testing:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1203514.page