Boo MISA scores?

[Anonymous]

+1 It would show a lack of adequate teaching by MCPS rather than anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 9th grader said last week that his bio teacher said the school had the scores but they couldn't release them yet.

Can you request them under FERPA?

Peak DCUM insanity right here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 9th grader said last week that his bio teacher said the school had the scores but they couldn't release them yet.

Can you request them under FERPA?

Peak DCUM insanity right here

Or brilliance! Pretty funny actually

[Anonymous]

Like could MCPS not be releasing it while studying how it impacts grades? Parents are going to raise bloody hell if the vast majority of students went down a letter grade due to the unproven testing while being guinea pigs.

My kid's science teacher told them the test could only hurt their grade. So that's great.

[Anonymous]

If their rationale for factoring it into grades instead of requiring it for graduation is that the test has been shown to disproportionately impact minority students, then it is likely to disproportionately impact grades for those students, as well. clearly the test is not a good measure of performance and maryland should reassess their statewide testing requirements.

[Anonymous]

According to a bio teacher friend, they just got an email saying that the extension of the testing window means that scores come in 6/18. The students will get a 4th quarter grade but the semester grade will be incomplete until then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to a bio teacher friend, they just got an email saying that the extension of the testing window means that scores come in 6/18. The students will get a 4th quarter grade but the semester grade will be incomplete until then.

Can't wait for all of the semester grade adjustment notifications we'll be getting later this summer. sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to a bio teacher friend, they just got an email saying that the extension of the testing window means that scores come in 6/18. The students will get a 4th quarter grade but the semester grade will be incomplete until then.

Can't wait for all of the semester grade adjustment notifications we'll be getting later this summer. sigh.

Appreciate the inside info

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If their rationale for factoring it into grades instead of requiring it for graduation is that the test has been shown to disproportionately impact minority students, then it is likely to disproportionately impact grades for those students, as well. clearly the test is not a good measure of performance and maryland should reassess their statewide testing requirements.

What are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If their rationale for factoring it into grades instead of requiring it for graduation is that the test has been shown to disproportionately impact minority students, then it is likely to disproportionately impact grades for those students, as well. clearly the test is not a good measure of performance and maryland should reassess their statewide testing requirements.

What are you talking about?

From the MCPS website explaining why the state changed the policy for the high-school end-of-course MCAPs: "Separate the assessments from graduation requirements at the high school level and no longer require a passing score because research shows that high stakes exit exams disproportionately and negatively impact students of color and economically disadvantaged students, reducing their likelihood of graduation from high school." (Hanushek, E., & Raymond, M., 2004; Rockoff, J., & Turner, L., 2008)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If their rationale for factoring it into grades instead of requiring it for graduation is that the test has been shown to disproportionately impact minority students, then it is likely to disproportionately impact grades for those students, as well. clearly the test is not a good measure of performance and maryland should reassess their statewide testing requirements.

What are you talking about?

From the MCPS website explaining why the state changed the policy for the high-school end-of-course MCAPs: "Separate the assessments from graduation requirements at the high school level and no longer require a passing score because research shows that high stakes exit exams disproportionately and negatively impact students of color and economically disadvantaged students, reducing their likelihood of graduation from high school." (Hanushek, E., & Raymond, M., 2004; Rockoff, J., & Turner, L., 2008)

That's an explanation for why you no longer need to pass. But why would they make it part of grades if they know the test has built in biases?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If their rationale for factoring it into grades instead of requiring it for graduation is that the test has been shown to disproportionately impact minority students, then it is likely to disproportionately impact grades for those students, as well. clearly the test is not a good measure of performance and maryland should reassess their statewide testing requirements.

What are you talking about?

From the MCPS website explaining why the state changed the policy for the high-school end-of-course MCAPs: "Separate the assessments from graduation requirements at the high school level and no longer require a passing score because research shows that high stakes exit exams disproportionately and negatively impact students of color and economically disadvantaged students, reducing their likelihood of graduation from high school." (Hanushek, E., & Raymond, M., 2004; Rockoff, J., & Turner, L., 2008)

That's an explanation for why you no longer need to pass. But why would they make it part of grades if they know the test has built in biases?

They aren't saying it has biases. They are saying they don't wnat to raise the requirements for graduation, due to who would be impacted by that change, and the relative unimportance of biological scientific skills for high school diploma. (Writing a more "minimum graduation level" test instead of the overomplicated "gotcha" test they have now, is a different proposal.)

People who are barely graduating aren't concerned about grades. Whether the grading has a disparate impact on some other group of students is a different question.

[Anonymous]

Just got my 9th grader’s MISA scores … from last year. Sigh. Here’s hoping she did as well this year.

[Anonymous]

MCPS failure to communicate the delay to families is inexcusable.

[Anonymous]

MCPS failure to communicate the delay to families is inexcusable.

+1. Why do all scores/grades have to be held until the last test is graded? It makes zero sense. I would also like some information about how the score on the exam corresponds to the grade on the test. Even if they are waiting for all test scores to determine what score constitutes an A, what constitutes a B, etc. -- surely there are only a handful of makeup tests left to grade? They have to know what the score distribution looks like. Ugh.