APS Math instruction
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Anonymous
Those aren’t the NAEP scores. Are you really sure that the “NAEP scores are more meaningful” if you don’t even know what they are? I know it doesn’t fit the narrative here but SOL scores did go up: https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/...ounty-public-schools |
Anonymous
They changed the cutoff. And they are far below pre-pandemic levels. Look at the plots liked in the OP. NAEP is only statewide. There's nothing specifically for Arlington. |
Anonymous
So a statewide report on 4th & 8th graders is more meaningful than APS SOLs? Ok… Hasn’t the pass score for SOL always been 400? Link for SOL cutoff changes? Or is that BS narrative too? |
Anonymous
You're definitely mixing up posters. Save your ire and do your own googling. VA SOL scores are normalized to a 400 score to pass, but the number of questions a student has to answer correctly to get that 400 has been changed by state administrations trying to fluff up their scores. https://www.mysbma.org/news/13476063 |
Anonymous
That op-ed doesn’t provide any evidence. Just RWNJ whining. |
Anonymous
So do your own searching. There's really no argument that APS math scores are up--Duran literally had to present at the school board meeting that math scores are down and he put this in a district wide email to parents, including a toothless remediation plan to "assess" and support students with the largest need. Do we really need to search for other evidence? |
Anonymous
I'm not the one making a claim about SOL score "fluffing". Standardized tests routinely get re-normed. Again, this is only the second year of MAP testing. It's certainly something to watch and Duran should address any issues raised but I wouldn't draw any huge conclusions after comparing just two years of data. Recap: - APS SOL scores have been increasing each year since the pandemic. - MAP testing is down a bit but it's only the second year with this new test so too soon to draw conclusions. - Republicans are full of sht and make up lies about math departments and score fluffing. |
Anonymous
I’m a Democrat and can tell that scores are decreasing. Cut the crap. But instead of vouchers, we should increase funding to public schools. The first step is admitting there’s a problem though. |
Anonymous
You can "tell". OK... Which scores are decreasing? The MAP scores? Again, this is only the second year with this test. |
Anonymous
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APS finally improved reading instruction by dropping the workshop model and purchasing the evidence-based curricula, CKLA and 95Phonics.
It's time to do the same for math. Drop the workshop model and purchase an evidence-based curriculum. Stop paying for Envision, which isn't being used by teachers or students. Stop relying on Dreambox and IXL, which are supplements at best, and put a real, thought out, evidence-based curriculum in place. |
Anonymous
I can “tell” because I’m capable of reading Duran’s slide. |
Anonymous
Duran thought it was enough information to draw conclusions to report to the school board. Are you calling him a Republican? |
Anonymous
| Per Duran’s slide: The number of students scoring in the top range decreased quite a bit. Not a great sign. |
Anonymous
34.5% to 31.5%? Not sure I'd call that "quite a bit", but OK. What did other school districts see in the same time frame? Did anything change in the test approach that may have affected scores? It's a new test so it has to be taken with a grain of salt. Duran should absolutely address any issues raised but I wouldn't draw any huge conclusions after comparing just two years of data. That said, I do fully support APS purchasing a curriculum if there is one available that meets the wonky VA standards. (VA DOE should do this IMO) |
Anonymous
| Is there any way to pin this post and come back to it a few year later? Your claims that APS is doing just fine aren’t going to age well. |