TJ SOL Pass Advanced Rates for math/science for 9th graders with Demographics
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Anonymous
You can definitely see the impact COVID had on these scores. |
Anonymous
+1 If you look at the rates for other local high schools, you can see a similar impact there too. |
Anonymous
We don't think we are immune from learning loss but it's 2025 and we are talking about kids at the far right end side of the curve (or we should be). COVID affected learning levels for younger kids less than older kids, i.e. the effect is more pronounced at the high school level than at the 5th grade level (the current freshmen at TJ). COVID affected learning for highly engaged (smarter?) kids less than low engagement kids. So you would expect to see less learning loss at the right end of the curve. COVID affects higher income kids less than lower income kids as parents have more resources to bridge the gap. And there are positive and negative aspects of the new admissions policy at TJ as well. On the positive side, there is more diversity (economic, geographic and racial) and less stress from academic competition On the negative side, there is a less competitive academic environment and a lot of mismatched students |
Anonymous
+2 If OP were correct and this were JUST about the new admissions criteria, one could reasonably expect some increase in Advanced Pass rates at the schools most impacted by the new criteria. Basically, you should see scores increase at schools whose formerly TJ-bound kids are now in their home school. However, we don't see that. We see scores falling across the board, suggesting there's more to this than just TJ and more than just the admissions criteria. |
Anonymous
Why not? They literally do not care. |