How did my kid make honor roll/get good grades yet score so poorly on parcc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can actually look at your school's data by grade and race to see how other kids did in comparison to yours.

http://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/

Not the OP, but thank you for this link!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child has never got honor student. He merely got A in Algebra I. but he is 98% in MAP-M. For PARCC, he got higher level 4 in Math.
I thought he could get level 5 in Math before. believe MAP-M/R more because it is standard.
My personal opinion PARCC needs to be standardized to be similar as SSAT test.

PARCC is a standardized test that was developed to assess how students are doing in comparison to the Common Core Standards for their grade level. MCPS curriculum is also supposed to be aligned to the common core standards.

MAP-M is a test designed to measure student growth in mathematics. MAP is not tied specifically to grade-level standards and the test adapts as students take it. Scores are really not meant to compare students, but instead to measure growth over time.

There seems to be alignment for PPs student - A in Algebra, 98%tile for MAP-M and a 4 (meets standards) on PARCC which suggests that classroom instruction is aligned to standards and is graded according to the standard.

For OPs student, there doesn't seem to be alignment. It could be that the grade is not based on meeting the standard - student can receive an A in class and do well on class assignment w/o mastering content in the standards, due to limited expectations, more teacher support, or teacher teaching different content. Or, it could be the student was having a bad day, or just didn't care.

Also, remember that PARCC assesses ON GRADE level standards, sometimes when students accelerate and haven't had content for awhile, they forget how to do certain types of problems. This can especially be an issue for kids who accelerated quickly and have holds, or never fully mastered content before moving on.

If my student showed scores that were not aligned, I'd try to figure out why, starting with asking them about the effort he/she put into the test and looking at tests/graded assignments used in class to see if they matched grade level standards.

[Anonymous]

The Parcc scores can be easily compared here : http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/k-12/bs-md-maryland-parcc-scores-20180828-htmlstory.html

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the professional advice.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child has never got honor student. He merely got A in Algebra I. but he is 98% in MAP-M. For PARCC, he got higher level 4 in Math.
I thought he could get level 5 in Math before. believe MAP-M/R more because it is standard.
My personal opinion PARCC needs to be standardized to be similar as SSAT test.

PARCC is a standardized test that was developed to assess how students are doing in comparison to the Common Core Standards for their grade level. MCPS curriculum is also supposed to be aligned to the common core standards.

MAP-M is a test designed to measure student growth in mathematics. MAP is not tied specifically to grade-level standards and the test adapts as students take it. Scores are really not meant to compare students, but instead to measure growth over time.

There seems to be alignment for PPs student - A in Algebra, 98%tile for MAP-M and a 4 (meets standards) on PARCC which suggests that classroom instruction is aligned to standards and is graded according to the standard.

For OPs student, there doesn't seem to be alignment. It could be that the grade is not based on meeting the standard - student can receive an A in class and do well on class assignment w/o mastering content in the standards, due to limited expectations, more teacher support, or teacher teaching different content. Or, it could be the student was having a bad day, or just didn't care.

Also, remember that PARCC assesses ON GRADE level standards, sometimes when students accelerate and haven't had content for awhile, they forget how to do certain types of problems. This can especially be an issue for kids who accelerated quickly and have holds, or never fully mastered content before moving on.

If my student showed scores that were not aligned, I'd try to figure out why, starting with asking them about the effort he/she put into the test and looking at tests/graded assignments used in class to see if they matched grade level standards.