MD report cards are out!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So students who attend school regularly, speak English as their native language, have normal or above normal intelligence and have well educated parents who care about education did well (and the schools they attend benefit from them being in their school). In other news, water is wet.

Yup.

It basically means we are failing special needs kids and ESOL.

MCPS secret memo - All Asian-American kids will also be categorized as SpEd and ESOL. Lets get these numbers up! Problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So students who attend school regularly, speak English as their native language, have normal or above normal intelligence and have well educated parents who care about education did well (and the schools they attend benefit from them being in their school). In other news, water is wet.

[Anonymous]

All humans have a common female ancestor from Africa. This means that we all can be categorized african. Thus there remains no achievement gap for AA students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So students who attend school regularly, speak English as their native language, have normal or above normal intelligence and have well educated parents who care about education did well (and the schools they attend benefit from them being in their school). In other news, water is wet.

Yup.

It basically means we are failing special needs kids and ESOL.

MCPS secret memo - All Asian-American kids will also be categorized as SpEd and ESOL. Lets get these numbers up! Problem solved.

Great idea.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a legal immigrant from a third world country who was able to come to the US only because of the education I got in my country of origin, I am ashamed of the low standard of K-12 education standard of the US. How are my kids going to compete in the global market place? Most of my time in this country has gone in semi-homeschooling my children. The parents who think that this is a good report card are equally stupid.

Didn’t you hear? We are pulling out of the global market!

Completely or one G20 summit at a time?

Probably completely if the summit cannot be held at Maralago. Anything to make Trump money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All humans have a common female ancestor from Africa. This means that we all can be categorized african. Thus there remains no achievement gap for AA students.

All life on Earth has a common microbial ancestor. Therefore a mass extinction doesn’t matter. We are all microbes.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Richard Montgomery. Ouch.

Any surprises? The principal is a toady who has helped to undermine the RMIB magnet program and ousted Hoover as the magnet coordinator. As soon as she left the diploma rates fell from 96% to 80 something percent. Who suffers when you dilute the magnet programs and other curriculum? Not the communities that are well to do but the poor White, Blacks, Latinos and the Asians.

I'm surprised that the axe you've been grinding isn't already worn down to a nub.

No axe to grind. The results are there in the data. I expect my tax dollars to pay competent people and the first thing MCPS needs is a whole sale culling of the administrators and central office people. Hire more teachers.

Your data is incorrect. Past three years of IB Diploma rates at RM:
awarded/candidates %
2016 115/131 86% (Hoover)
2017 142/161 88% (Hoover)
2018 138/161 86% (post-Hoover)

When you bring false data about a specific sub-program into a discussion about data for an entire school in a manner that has cropped up in other unrelated conversations over the past year, it sure seems like you have an axe to grind. But hey, as another poster said:

No. Using caution in data analysis isn't fun. It's way more fun to make blanket assessments based upon the raw summary provided and then to rub it in the face of people who overpaid for homes in places where schools are ranked surprisingly low.

[Anonymous]

Bethesda Beat has an article out:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/quarter-of-mcps-schools-receive-top-rank-in-new-state-accountability-model/

Most Montgomery County schools received three or more stars from the state, according to data released by the MSDEA on Tuesday. One school received one star, three received two stars, 39 received three stars, 102 were awarded four stars and 50 were awarded five stars.

It has a good summary chart for the entire state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat has an article out:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/quarter-of-mcps-schools-receive-top-rank-in-new-state-accountability-model/

Most Montgomery County schools received three or more stars from the state, according to data released by the MSDEA on Tuesday. One school received one star, three received two stars, 39 received three stars, 102 were awarded four stars and 50 were awarded five stars.

It has a good summary chart for the entire state.

Oh - it also has an MCPS summary by cluster:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/See-how-MCPS-schools-ranked-by-cluster.pdf

Really, nothing surprising - it's a map of SES status in the county. And in case anyone was hunting who the 2s and 1 were:
Carl Sandburg Center 2
John L Gildner Regional Inst for Children & Adol 2
Alternative Programs 1
Duh. These are the schools for kids that aren't being successful. They are transitional. When kids are back on track (hopefully), they return to their home school.

[Anonymous]

So happy that my kids school got a 5! I always thought that Barnsley was great and nice to see them score so well! Principal and staff work so hard and its nice to see the high score!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat has an article out:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/quarter-of-mcps-schools-receive-top-rank-in-new-state-accountability-model/

Most Montgomery County schools received three or more stars from the state, according to data released by the MSDEA on Tuesday. One school received one star, three received two stars, 39 received three stars, 102 were awarded four stars and 50 were awarded five stars.

It has a good summary chart for the entire state.

Howard County looks better and better.

[Anonymous]

So whether assessed by test scores or other measures, it still comes down to SES. Huge surprise!

[Anonymous]

Is the website down? I cannot seem to be able to view it. It has been loading for like 10 mins.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat has an article out:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/quarter-of-mcps-schools-receive-top-rank-in-new-state-accountability-model/

Most Montgomery County schools received three or more stars from the state, according to data released by the MSDEA on Tuesday. One school received one star, three received two stars, 39 received three stars, 102 were awarded four stars and 50 were awarded five stars.

It has a good summary chart for the entire state.

Oh - it also has an MCPS summary by cluster:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/See-how-MCPS-schools-ranked-by-cluster.pdf

Really, nothing surprising - it's a map of SES status in the county. And in case anyone was hunting who the 2s and 1 were:
Carl Sandburg Center 2
John L Gildner Regional Inst for Children & Adol 2
Alternative Programs 1
Duh. These are the schools for kids that aren't being successful. They are transitional. When kids are back on track (hopefully), they return to their home school.

At least two schools are missing. Can't see Somerset and Bethesda ES's

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda Beat has an article out:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/quarter-of-mcps-schools-receive-top-rank-in-new-state-accountability-model/

Most Montgomery County schools received three or more stars from the state, according to data released by the MSDEA on Tuesday. One school received one star, three received two stars, 39 received three stars, 102 were awarded four stars and 50 were awarded five stars.

It has a good summary chart for the entire state.

Howard County looks better and better.

for now

In a few years it will mirror MCPS.