2011 DC CAS scores are posted

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, looking at my kid's school the percentages are broken down by ethnicity, but the only ethnic group that's shown is "Black/Non-Hispanic". Not to put to fine a point on it, but how are we supposed to know how well the white kids are doing?

The school may not have enough white kids to report.

I subgroup has to have some number to make it reportable. It's either 10 or 25. . . . (I think). If you want to back into how the non-reported groups are doing, you can. Take the full school % and the number of students. Determine how many kids are in each category (below basic, basic, prof, advanced). Then do the same thing with the number of black kids. By subtraction, determine how many kids there are in each category for the non-reported races.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, looking at my kid's school the percentages are broken down by ethnicity, but the only ethnic group that's shown is "Black/Non-Hispanic". Not to put to fine a point on it, but how are we supposed to know how well the white kids are doing?

I am curious about something related. How are kids who have more than one ethnic backgrounds counted in the DC/CAS?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, looking at my kid's school the percentages are broken down by ethnicity, but the only ethnic group that's shown is "Black/Non-Hispanic". Not to put to fine a point on it, but how are we supposed to know how well the white kids are doing?

This means your school does nothave enough white kids to report on. You have to have a certain number of any sub group for it to get reported. I guess otherwise its considered statistically invalid, though that's in itself ironic since the idea of NCLB was to count each student. Terribly written law!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, looking at my kid's school the percentages are broken down by ethnicity, but the only ethnic group that's shown is "Black/Non-Hispanic". Not to put to fine a point on it, but how are we supposed to know how well the white kids are doing?

I am curious about something related. How are kids who have more than one ethnic backgrounds counted in the DC/CAS?

Shoddily.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, looking at my kid's school the percentages are broken down by ethnicity, but the only ethnic group that's shown is "Black/Non-Hispanic". Not to put to fine a point on it, but how are we supposed to know how well the white kids are doing?

I am curious about something related. How are kids who have more than one ethnic backgrounds counted in the DC/CAS?

Good question! I wonder if the school uses the ethnic/racial background that is more advantageous for their score reports.

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Anonymous wrote:yikes, every school failed except for Janney, Mann and Key.

Brent in Capitol Hill didn't fail, made AYP

And Oyster

Then why does Oyster have I2 status for both reading and math?

Not sure and I don't have a child at Oyster, just noted that it made AYP according to OSSE. What does I2 status even mean? I looked at the percentage scores and more than 85% of students scored proficient or advanced.

Go to the link, then click "Summary School Data" on the left side. Next, click "Improvement Status by School" on the right side. That's where the information on I1, I2, etc. is located.

According to the FAQ page-- Oyster needs to make AYP one more year to no longer be identified as I2-- they still made AYP this year.

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Thanks for the clarification.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, looking at my kid's school the percentages are broken down by ethnicity, but the only ethnic group that's shown is "Black/Non-Hispanic". Not to put to fine a point on it, but how are we supposed to know how well the white kids are doing?

I am in the same boat with my DC's school. I was able to back into the "all others." That group did well, and overall the school beat the averages. It was the school's first DC-CAS and the school stayed focused mostly on educating kids, not stressing them out about the test.

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Keep in mind that Arne Duncan is planning on a waiver because something like 80% of schools will have one more more subgroup failing by 2014. I look at the data from 2010/2011 and compare to 2009. That at least gives you a sense of momentum.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/no-child-left-behind-reforms-may-get-left-behind-07072011.html

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/07/so_about_a_month_ago.html

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like almost every school failed. Now can we get out of this rabbit hole???

This is not surprising. The standard what percentage of students need to make proficient to make AYP goes up every year. In a few years, no school will make AYP.

The bar did not change from last year -- it changes every two years, not every year.

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stoddert's floundering - did not make AYP, after making it last year.

From 2008 to 2011
reading: 77, 74, 90, 78
Math: 66, 80, 92, 84

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Anonymous wrote:cannot select school

Yes, you can, just start from the top, select year first, then go down the list. Sheeh its not that hard to figure out.

Cannot select school in SAFARI -- explorer works fine

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Anonymous wrote:stoddert's floundering - did not make AYP, after making it last year.

From 2008 to 2011
reading: 77, 74, 90, 78
Math: 66, 80, 92, 84

yikes. hope they were not erasing.

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Anonymous wrote:yikes, every school failed except for Janney, Mann and Key.

The list of nos far exceeds the yeses. Do we really think NO teaching/learning is happening in so many schools? And now they will all dance to the test even more, as it means they can be taken over / restructured. No Child Left Behind is a great idea/terrible law. Time to reform the law, not the schools.

Wilson high hasn't made AYP in years, if ever. It's scores are down again this year, after re-structuring in 2008 - fired the principal and 20% of the staff.

But its top students are still do well on their SATs and get into the best colleges.

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Did I simply miss this, or is Marie Reed not in the list of schools with data?