DCPS AP and SAT score data from 2016-17 released

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:where in DCPS do you get prep to take the AP exam in Latin?

I know there is a Latin program at Walls, maybe other high schools I'm just not sure

[Anonymous]

For context -- College Board publishes the distribution of scores for ALL AP test takers scored on each exam. https://apscore.collegeboard.org/scores/about-ap-scores/score-distributions//

Examples --

Calculus BC
42% scored 5
18% scored 4
19% scored 3
14% scored 2
5% scored 1

Chemistry
5 - 10%
4 - 16%
3 - 26%
2 - 26%
1 - 21%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:where in DCPS do you get prep to take the AP exam in Latin?

I know there is a Latin program at Walls, maybe other high schools I'm just not sure

Wilson also has Latin.

[Anonymous]

Wilson insists that all 10th graders take AP World history, unless they are SPED or ESL
That might skew results
Banneker is more IB-geared than AP...the more focused students are in the IB program, which may also skew results

[Anonymous]

Eastern is an IB school, so I'd guess relatively few of their higher-performing kids take AP tests.

[Anonymous]

Last year’s WaPo Jay Mathews challenge index has combined AP/IB pass percentage for Banneker.

In a column around then Mathews noted that Eastern improved bc more students were taking / passing IN exams but not enough to make the national ranking.

[Anonymous]

These scores dump cold water on the idea floated for Coolidge. There are clearly not enough advanced students in DC to necessitate yet another test-in/application-type school with a focus on college. DCPS continues to create schools that don’t meet their population’s needs. Why in the hell would DCPS come up with these Coolidge ideas when you’re looking at these scores. The misconnect is laughable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But I thought the reason Wilson's PAARC scores were poor was because those children and staff were concentrating ever so hard on the AP. Now I'm confused. I mean, surely that wasn't just a convenient excuse...

BINGO, smoke & mirrors, illusions!!!! DCPS hopes you don't remember that their PR went into overdrive went into overdrive last time when PARCC scores came out, wonder what their excuse will be this time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These scores dump cold water on the idea floated for Coolidge. There are clearly not enough advanced students in DC to necessitate yet another test-in/application-type school with a focus on college. DCPS continues to create schools that don’t meet their population’s needs. Why in the hell would DCPS come up with these Coolidge ideas when you’re looking at these scores. The misconnect is laughable.

Because DCPS truly thinks that the parents who send their kids to BASIS, Latin and DCI will 'come home' to DCPS for a chance to enroll in this new school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But I thought the reason Wilson's PAARC scores were poor was because those children and staff were concentrating ever so hard on the AP. Now I'm confused. I mean, surely that wasn't just a convenient excuse...

BINGO, smoke & mirrors, illusions!!!! DCPS hopes you don't remember that their PR went into overdrive went into overdrive last time when PARCC scores came out, wonder what their excuse will be this time?

Wilson's scores aren't too different from a similar MOCO school

[Anonymous]

Sorry - this is 20:37

My comment was to 18:38's post

[Anonymous]

Do the charter schools also release AP and SAT data?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But I thought the reason Wilson's PAARC scores were poor was because those children and staff were concentrating ever so hard on the AP. Now I'm confused. I mean, surely that wasn't just a convenient excuse...

BINGO, smoke & mirrors, illusions!!!! DCPS hopes you don't remember that their PR went into overdrive went into overdrive last time when PARCC scores came out, wonder what their excuse will be this time?

Last year, DCPS had kids take PAARC text regardless of whether they were taking/had taken the subject. So you had kids taking the geometry PAARC in 11th grade when they last took geometry in 8th grade. And kids taking biology PARCC who had never taken biiology. I believe that changed this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But I thought the reason Wilson's PAARC scores were poor was because those children and staff were concentrating ever so hard on the AP. Now I'm confused. I mean, surely that wasn't just a convenient excuse...

BINGO, smoke & mirrors, illusions!!!! DCPS hopes you don't remember that their PR went into overdrive went into overdrive last time when PARCC scores came out, wonder what their excuse will be this time?

Last year, DCPS had kids take PAARC text regardless of whether they were taking/had taken the subject. So you had kids taking the geometry PAARC in 11th grade when they last took geometry in 8th grade. And kids taking biology PARCC who had never taken biiology. I believe that changed this year.

Clarifying in spring 2016 did the bolded.

In spring 2017 they took the tests in the relevant years - and will going forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do the charter schools also release AP and SAT data?

I would be interested in seeing that.