MCAP results are pretty bad

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Anyway to see the data at the individual county or school level?

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We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow.. really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that? I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*

Wow is right. I got my 8th grader's scores yesterday too. I looked at her results and was a little shocked how poorly (for her) she did. Then I looked at the state wide results and boy, my opinion changed! After seeing those results, I changed to a "wow - she kinda crushed it. Especially math!"

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Anonymous wrote:My 8th graders results say "8th grade" in the corner of the test. Is the theory here that he was supposed to take the 7th grade test?

In the right corner it gives the current grade level and in the left corner it should say which test was given.

We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow.. really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that? I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*

We got ours too but they both got the top score. I guess making them attend class during the pandemic helped.

Don’t you get it? Scores were low globally. That’s bad for everyone. You want everyone in Maryland to do well, not poorly. They will now have to spend more effort on remediation, which is terrible for your kid.

This might make mcps think twice before reverting to virtual next time something happens . MCPS robbed our kids of learning and social emotional growth. I know parents here will flame me and counter with but my kidd learned and that must be poor parenting on your part etc.. but it is the truth. Our kids were robbed of 2 years of their childhood

+1 And to the smug ^^PP.. my kid attended class *everyday*, but DC gets migraines, so couldn't look at the screen a lot of days without puking up their guts and spending the entire day in bed. So F*OFF. When they went hybrid, I begged the school to let DC go FT rather than half, and they didn't even bother replying back to me.

My kids are normally straight A students.

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Anonymous wrote:My 8th graders results say "8th grade" in the corner of the test. Is the theory here that he was supposed to take the 7th grade test?

In the right corner it gives the current grade level and in the left corner it should say which test was given.

We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow.. really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that? I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*

We got ours too but they both got the top score. I guess making them attend class during the pandemic helped.

Don’t you get it? Scores were low globally. That’s bad for everyone. You want everyone in Maryland to do well, not poorly. They will now have to spend more effort on remediation, which is terrible for your kid.

This might make mcps think twice before reverting to virtual next time something happens . MCPS robbed our kids of learning and social emotional growth. I know parents here will flame me and counter with but my kidd learned and that must be poor parenting on your part etc.. but it is the truth. Our kids were robbed of 2 years of their childhood

+1 And to the smug ^^PP.. my kid attended class *everyday*, but DC gets migraines, so couldn't look at the screen a lot of days without puking up their guts and spending the entire day in bed. So F*OFF. When they went hybrid, I begged the school to let DC go FT rather than half, and they didn't even bother replying back to me.

My kids are normally straight A students.

MY kid has agoraphobia so really found they did much better with DL. My point is for every anecdote you invent others can also make one up.

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To PP who had a child with migraines from too much screen time -

You should get a medical doctor’s note for the condition then ask for a 504 meeting. Such medical issues that impair a critical life skill like learning should be accommodated by MCPS. I would still have the 504 meeting and bring in data from virtual learning to show the impact.

Even with in person school, students as they progress forward through high school are required to use screen devices for much of the day. Then there’s the scenario that any school can be thrown into virtual.

If the school denies your request for a 504 plan to accommodate your child, you have grounds to file a 504 complaint for discrimination with the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights on the basis of a disability. A health condition that impairs major life functions such as concentrating and learning are considered disabilities. For a complaint to be timely, you have 180 days to file.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone got 7th grade results yet? Are they going out by grade level? Or by school? Got my 4th graders a few days ago but no sign of my older kid’s results.

The individual schools are sending them out, even though the envelope looks like it is central office.

How do you know this?

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone got 7th grade results yet? Are they going out by grade level? Or by school? Got my 4th graders a few days ago but no sign of my older kid’s results.

The individual schools are sending them out, even though the envelope looks like it is central office.

How do you know this?

Because our school told us. That's why kids in the same grade at different schools are getting results at different times.

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Anonymous wrote:My 8th graders results say "8th grade" in the corner of the test. Is the theory here that he was supposed to take the 7th grade test?

In the right corner it gives the current grade level and in the left corner it should say which test was given.

We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow.. really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that? I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*

We got ours too but they both got the top score. I guess making them attend class during the pandemic helped.

Don’t you get it? Scores were low globally. That’s bad for everyone. You want everyone in Maryland to do well, not poorly. They will now have to spend more effort on remediation, which is terrible for your kid.

This might make mcps think twice before reverting to virtual next time something happens . MCPS robbed our kids of learning and social emotional growth. I know parents here will flame me and counter with but my kidd learned and that must be poor parenting on your part etc.. but it is the truth. Our kids were robbed of 2 years of their childhood

+1 And to the smug ^^PP.. my kid attended class *everyday*, but DC gets migraines, so couldn't look at the screen a lot of days without puking up their guts and spending the entire day in bed. So F*OFF. When they went hybrid, I begged the school to let DC go FT rather than half, and they didn't even bother replying back to me.

My kids are normally straight A students.

MY kid has agoraphobia so really found they did much better with DL. My point is for every anecdote you invent others can also make one up.

You think I made up the fact that DC has migraines? You're a fool.

And I certainly didn't make up these abysmal stats:

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

Yet, DC got an A in Algebra. BTW, DC is now in Geometry, A student, and they spend almost no time on their chromebooks in math, thank god.

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Anonymous wrote:To PP who had a child with migraines from too much screen time -

You should get a medical doctor’s note for the condition then ask for a 504 meeting. Such medical issues that impair a critical life skill like learning should be accommodated by MCPS. I would still have the 504 meeting and bring in data from virtual learning to show the impact.

Even with in person school, students as they progress forward through high school are required to use screen devices for much of the day. Then there’s the scenario that any school can be thrown into virtual.

If the school denies your request for a 504 plan to accommodate your child, you have grounds to file a 504 complaint for discrimination with the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights on the basis of a disability. A health condition that impairs major life functions such as concentrating and learning are considered disabilities. For a complaint to be timely, you have 180 days to file.

Hm.. never thought about this. I just may do that.

This year hasn't been as bad but there have been a couple of days since school started where DC came home with a migraine, puking their guts out, then spending the rest of the day/night in bed, not eating.

DC said 3 or 4 classes still use their chromebook a lot. So, I think you're right. I should look into this. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:My 8th graders results say "8th grade" in the corner of the test. Is the theory here that he was supposed to take the 7th grade test?

In the right corner it gives the current grade level and in the left corner it should say which test was given.

We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow.. really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that? I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*

We got ours too but they both got the top score. I guess making them attend class during the pandemic helped.

Don’t you get it? Scores were low globally. That’s bad for everyone. You want everyone in Maryland to do well, not poorly. They will now have to spend more effort on remediation, which is terrible for your kid.

This might make mcps think twice before reverting to virtual next time something happens . MCPS robbed our kids of learning and social emotional growth. I know parents here will flame me and counter with but my kidd learned and that must be poor parenting on your part etc.. but it is the truth. Our kids were robbed of 2 years of their childhood

+1 And to the smug ^^PP.. my kid attended class *everyday*, but DC gets migraines, so couldn't look at the screen a lot of days without puking up their guts and spending the entire day in bed. So F*OFF. When they went hybrid, I begged the school to let DC go FT rather than half, and they didn't even bother replying back to me.

My kids are normally straight A students.

Then, you get your kid a tutor or tutor them yourself. And, lots of new migraine medications on the market if the traditional ones don't work. Screens daily are not triggering the migraines. She has a health issue that you need to get treated. There are 6 new preventatives and three new abortive out on the market on top of the triptans and other off use medications.

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Anonymous wrote:My 8th graders results say "8th grade" in the corner of the test. Is the theory here that he was supposed to take the 7th grade test?

In the right corner it gives the current grade level and in the left corner it should say which test was given.

We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow.. really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that? I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*

We got ours too but they both got the top score. I guess making them attend class during the pandemic helped.

Don’t you get it? Scores were low globally. That’s bad for everyone. You want everyone in Maryland to do well, not poorly. They will now have to spend more effort on remediation, which is terrible for your kid.

This might make mcps think twice before reverting to virtual next time something happens . MCPS robbed our kids of learning and social emotional growth. I know parents here will flame me and counter with but my kidd learned and that must be poor parenting on your part etc.. but it is the truth. Our kids were robbed of 2 years of their childhood

+1 And to the smug ^^PP.. my kid attended class *everyday*, but DC gets migraines, so couldn't look at the screen a lot of days without puking up their guts and spending the entire day in bed. So F*OFF. When they went hybrid, I begged the school to let DC go FT rather than half, and they didn't even bother replying back to me.

My kids are normally straight A students.

Then, you get your kid a tutor or tutor them yourself. And, lots of new migraine medications on the market if the traditional ones don't work. Screens daily are not triggering the migraines. She has a health issue that you need to get treated. There are 6 new preventatives and three new abortive out on the market on top of the triptans and other off use medications.

My kid did better in DL. It seems like for every student that had issues there were two that loved it.

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Anonymous wrote:My 8th graders results say "8th grade" in the corner of the test. Is the theory here that he was supposed to take the 7th grade test?

In the right corner it gives the current grade level and in the left corner it should say which test was given.

We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow.. really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that? I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*

We got ours too but they both got the top score. I guess making them attend class during the pandemic helped.

Don’t you get it? Scores were low globally. That’s bad for everyone. You want everyone in Maryland to do well, not poorly. They will now have to spend more effort on remediation, which is terrible for your kid.

This might make mcps think twice before reverting to virtual next time something happens . MCPS robbed our kids of learning and social emotional growth. I know parents here will flame me and counter with but my kidd learned and that must be poor parenting on your part etc.. but it is the truth. Our kids were robbed of 2 years of their childhood

+1 And to the smug ^^PP.. my kid attended class *everyday*, but DC gets migraines, so couldn't look at the screen a lot of days without puking up their guts and spending the entire day in bed. So F*OFF. When they went hybrid, I begged the school to let DC go FT rather than half, and they didn't even bother replying back to me.

My kids are normally straight A students.

Then, you get your kid a tutor or tutor them yourself. And, lots of new migraine medications on the market if the traditional ones don't work. Screens daily are not triggering the migraines. She has a health issue that you need to get treated. There are 6 new preventatives and three new abortive out on the market on top of the triptans and other off use medications.

You really are a fool.

https://www.wxyz.com/rebound/doctors-seeing-more-eye-strain-and-headaches-from-virtual-learning-and-screen-time-during-pandemic

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/childrens-national-hospital-studying-whether-increased-headaches-in-kids-is-connected-to-virtual-learning

Neurologist stated that those rx are pretty strong, and DC doesn't get them often enough without the screens to warrant those powerful drugs. I'm not putting DC on powerful rx just because MCPS can't figure out how to educate kids without staring at the computer for 5 hours.

And yea, since MCPS didn't teach my kid Algebra to "meet expectations" (and a lot of other kids), now we will be going over it at home this summer. Why the F* do I pay so much in taxes if I have to teach my kid myself because MCPS did a sh1tty job?

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Anonymous wrote:My 8th graders results say "8th grade" in the corner of the test. Is the theory here that he was supposed to take the 7th grade test?

In the right corner it gives the current grade level and in the left corner it should say which test was given.

We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow.. really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that? I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*

We got ours too but they both got the top score. I guess making them attend class during the pandemic helped.

Don’t you get it? Scores were low globally. That’s bad for everyone. You want everyone in Maryland to do well, not poorly. They will now have to spend more effort on remediation, which is terrible for your kid.

This might make mcps think twice before reverting to virtual next time something happens . MCPS robbed our kids of learning and social emotional growth. I know parents here will flame me and counter with but my kidd learned and that must be poor parenting on your part etc.. but it is the truth. Our kids were robbed of 2 years of their childhood

+1 And to the smug ^^PP.. my kid attended class *everyday*, but DC gets migraines, so couldn't look at the screen a lot of days without puking up their guts and spending the entire day in bed. So F*OFF. When they went hybrid, I begged the school to let DC go FT rather than half, and they didn't even bother replying back to me.

My kids are normally straight A students.

Then, you get your kid a tutor or tutor them yourself. And, lots of new migraine medications on the market if the traditional ones don't work. Screens daily are not triggering the migraines. She has a health issue that you need to get treated. There are 6 new preventatives and three new abortive out on the market on top of the triptans and other off use medications.

My kid did better in DL. It seems like for every student that had issues there were two that loved it.

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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone got 7th grade results yet? Are they going out by grade level? Or by school? Got my 4th graders a few days ago but no sign of my older kid’s results.

The individual schools are sending them out, even though the envelope looks like it is central office.

How do you know this?

Because our school told us. That's why kids in the same grade at different schools are getting results at different times.

But they are not. All the fourth grade students got them at the same time.

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Anonymous wrote:My 8th graders results say "8th grade" in the corner of the test. Is the theory here that he was supposed to take the 7th grade test?

In the right corner it gives the current grade level and in the left corner it should say which test was given.

We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow.. really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that? I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*

We got ours too but they both got the top score. I guess making them attend class during the pandemic helped.

Don’t you get it? Scores were low globally. That’s bad for everyone. You want everyone in Maryland to do well, not poorly. They will now have to spend more effort on remediation, which is terrible for your kid.

This might make mcps think twice before reverting to virtual next time something happens . MCPS robbed our kids of learning and social emotional growth. I know parents here will flame me and counter with but my kidd learned and that must be poor parenting on your part etc.. but it is the truth. Our kids were robbed of 2 years of their childhood

+1 And to the smug ^^PP.. my kid attended class *everyday*, but DC gets migraines, so couldn't look at the screen a lot of days without puking up their guts and spending the entire day in bed. So F*OFF. When they went hybrid, I begged the school to let DC go FT rather than half, and they didn't even bother replying back to me.

My kids are normally straight A students.

Then, you get your kid a tutor or tutor them yourself. And, lots of new migraine medications on the market if the traditional ones don't work. Screens daily are not triggering the migraines. She has a health issue that you need to get treated. There are 6 new preventatives and three new abortive out on the market on top of the triptans and other off use medications.

You really are a fool.

https://www.wxyz.com/rebound/doctors-seeing-more-eye-strain-and-headaches-from-virtual-learning-and-screen-time-during-pandemic

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/childrens-national-hospital-studying-whether-increased-headaches-in-kids-is-connected-to-virtual-learning

Neurologist stated that those rx are pretty strong, and DC doesn't get them often enough without the screens to warrant those powerful drugs. I'm not putting DC on powerful rx just because MCPS can't figure out how to educate kids without staring at the computer for 5 hours.

And yea, since MCPS didn't teach my kid Algebra to "meet expectations" (and a lot of other kids), now we will be going over it at home this summer. Why the F* do I pay so much in taxes if I have to teach my kid myself because MCPS did a sh1tty job?

You are either really clueless or need to get your child to a better neurologist. Screens are not why your child is getting these migraines and they aren't powerful medications. If your child's migraines are that bad every single day, they would be on a preventative or an abortive or both. I think you are making it up. What is it, they aren't really that bad if they aren't on a preventative or you are denying your child medical care that could potentially improve their life.

Most of us have always supplemented if you are in MCPS. I feel for your child if you will not work with them in school or get them the medical attention they deserve.

Or, maybe your child wasn't ready for algebra.

Your child has been back in person for a year. You need to stop blaming virtual, get your child to a headache specialist and get them a tutor. What kind of parent lets their kid suffer? You clearly don't get how bad real migraines are or you are making them up.