PARCC test results - slight increase in scores overall, white students see drop, Wilson plunges

[Anonymous]

Why is DCPS testing so many students, multiple times?

OSSE only requires 1 time for ELA, and 1 for math, although I think a science exam will be added this year or next.

It doesn't help anyone to have students take it over and over, unless it is a graduation requirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many high schools are focusing on AP to the exclusion of all else. The result: plummeting test scores. You can't give prime feed to 10-20 percent of the herd and expect all your cattle to gain weight.

Not in DC.

Banneker is an IB school.
SWW students take many APs and score well - also scored well on PARCC
Latin takes few APs; high school students did better than average
BASIS overemphasizes APs - 10th graders did well on PARCC

While it is true that Banneker is an IB school it ALSO offers AP classes....and in fact has shown tremendous growth on AP exams over the past few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many high schools are focusing on AP to the exclusion of all else. The result: plummeting test scores. You can't give prime feed to 10-20 percent of the herd and expect all your cattle to gain weight.

Not in DC.

Banneker is an IB school.
SWW students take many APs and score well - also scored well on PARCC
Latin takes few APs; high school students did better than average
BASIS overemphasizes APs - 10th graders did well on PARCC

While it is true that Banneker is an IB school it ALSO offers AP classes....and in fact has shown tremendous growth on AP exams over the past few years.

Even better - those students are taking APs and also doing well on PARCC.

Only at Wilson is anyone using AP exams as an explanation for poor PARCC scores. Feel bad for the Wilson principal who is going to take the hit for, what sounds like, bad scores that may be attributable to student noncompliance (per the recent W Post story).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Banneker's ELA score is great. Math almost as good.

Kudos for them for scoring highest in city.

I always knew Banneker deserved more love here!

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Banneker's ELA score is great. Math almost as good.

Kudos for them for scoring highest in city.

I always knew Banneker deserved more love here!

+1000

Same here. Year after year we say it but the white population still lingers under 1%. Just goes to show how deep racist lines go.

[Anonymous]

I don't usually talk about white privilege, being as I am really white, aware that it's carried me through many things, and that I rely upon it for many more, but...

There's a problem here, with how we are talking about this. And it is depressing the hell out of me. I would like to propose that we change the dialogue.

Here we have Banneker, on one hand, where high school students know they CANT fail a test, even one that doesn't matter. On the other hand, we have Wilson, where bad test scores just mean that "those poor seniors have enough to do!" Or, as per the Washington Post, the bad test scores are some kind of protest act.

And then, far away on an island somewhere we have the kids attending eastern, Dunbar et all, who everyone has just written off because of THEIR bad test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Banneker's ELA score is great. Math almost as good.

Kudos for them for scoring highest in city.

I always knew Banneker deserved more love here!

+1000

Same here. Year after year we say it but the white population still lingers under 1%. Just goes to show how deep racist lines go.

Go take your ignorant and racist BS elsewhere.

Much appreciated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Image a senior, in May, being forced to take a test on a subject they took 2 to 5 years earlier, knowing that that test has no bearing whatsoever on their grades or college prospects.

But, then, it would be quite easy to kill it, wouldn't it?

We're not taking some obscure subjects, but ELA and Math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually talk about white privilege, being as I am really white, aware that it's carried me through many things, and that I rely upon it for many more, but...

There's a problem here, with how we are talking about this. And it is depressing the hell out of me. I would like to propose that we change the dialogue.

Here we have Banneker, on one hand, where high school students know they CANT fail a test, even one that doesn't matter. On the other hand, we have Wilson, where bad test scores just mean that "those poor seniors have enough to do!" Or, as per the Washington Post, the bad test scores are some kind of protest act.

And then, far away on an island somewhere we have the kids attending eastern, Dunbar et all, who everyone has just written off because of THEIR bad test scores.

Good point. Agree.

I think the alleged behavior of the Wilson students the principal spoke of is pretty appalling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually talk about white privilege, being as I am really white, aware that it's carried me through many things, and that I rely upon it for many more, but...

There's a problem here, with how we are talking about this. And it is depressing the hell out of me. I would like to propose that we change the dialogue.

Here we have Banneker, on one hand, where high school students know they CANT fail a test, even one that doesn't matter. On the other hand, we have Wilson, where bad test scores just mean that "those poor seniors have enough to do!" Or, as per the Washington Post, the bad test scores are some kind of protest act.

And then, far away on an island somewhere we have the kids attending eastern, Dunbar et all, who everyone has just written off because of THEIR bad test scores.

Good point. Agree.

I think the alleged behavior of the Wilson students the principal spoke of is pretty appalling.

The new Wilson principal looked pretty weak last year, and looks much weaker now.

Who hired her? Was it bye-bye Kaya, or crony Muriel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually talk about white privilege, being as I am really white, aware that it's carried me through many things, and that I rely upon it for many more, but...

There's a problem here, with how we are talking about this. And it is depressing the hell out of me. I would like to propose that we change the dialogue.

Here we have Banneker, on one hand, where high school students know they CANT fail a test, even one that doesn't matter. On the other hand, we have Wilson, where bad test scores just mean that "those poor seniors have enough to do!" Or, as per the Washington Post, the bad test scores are some kind of protest act.

And then, far away on an island somewhere we have the kids attending eastern, Dunbar et all, who everyone has just written off because of THEIR bad test scores.

Good point. Agree.

I think the alleged behavior of the Wilson students the principal spoke of is pretty appalling.

Whose terrible idea was it to schedule PARCC for the week before APs? Of course they wanted to hurry through the meaningless test and go back to study for the tests that matter.

[Anonymous]

More media write ups:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-students-post-modest-gains-in-paarc-test-scores-wilson-high-school-sees-dramatic-drop/2016/08/30/eee76024-6e35-11e6-8365-b19e428a975e_story.html

http://wtop.com/dc/2016/08/dc-reports-slight-improvement-in-students-math-reading-scores/

http://wjla.com/news/local/parcc-testing-shows-improvements-in-dc-schools

http://www.forbes.com/sites/maureensullivan/2016/08/30/d-c-charter-schools-outperform-districts-public-schools/#3c2d79c9425f

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't usually talk about white privilege, being as I am really white, aware that it's carried me through many things, and that I rely upon it for many more, but...

There's a problem here, with how we are talking about this. And it is depressing the hell out of me. I would like to propose that we change the dialogue.

Here we have Banneker, on one hand, where high school students know they CANT fail a test, even one that doesn't matter. On the other hand, we have Wilson, where bad test scores just mean that "those poor seniors have enough to do!" Or, as per the Washington Post, the bad test scores are some kind of protest act.

And then, far away on an island somewhere we have the kids attending eastern, Dunbar et all, who everyone has just written off because of THEIR bad test scores.

Good point. Agree.

I think the alleged behavior of the Wilson students the principal spoke of is pretty appalling.

Whose terrible idea was it to schedule PARCC for the week before APs? Of course they wanted to hurry through the meaningless test and go back to study for the tests that matter.

Unlike the kids at SWW and Banneker who didn't care about their APs? Doesn't make sense.

[Anonymous]

When I attended B-CC, there were I believe 3 or 4 test we had to pass in order to graduate. Does MoCo still have this requirement? If so, should DC implement this as well? I'm guessing no as there will be plenty of students who wouldn't grauate.

I'm a parent of a Wilson student who find the scores appalling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I attended B-CC, there were I believe 3 or 4 test we had to pass in order to graduate. Does MoCo still have this requirement? If so, should DC implement this as well? I'm guessing no as there will be plenty of students who wouldn't grauate.

I'm a parent of a Wilson student who find the scores appalling.

State of Maryland intends to require students to pass PARCC for graduation replacing their old state assessments. Starts for class of 2018, I think.