Walls AP leaving DC

[Anonymous]

PP here but I should add it's a relatively small number of students who enter ninth grade taking Pre-calculus. So while those kids are very strong math students, the vast majority of kids do take a math PARCC in HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here but I should add it's a relatively small number of students who enter ninth grade taking Pre-calculus. So while those kids are very strong math students, the vast majority of kids do take a math PARCC in HS.

Thanks, I just went and took a look.

The advanced math kids that took PARCC (not the most advanced, the ones that entered high school taking Algebra II) are very close in their PARCC scores between the schools, with SWW kids having 85% score a 4 or better while 76% of Wilson kids scored a 4 or better. In Geometry, 83% of SWW kids score a 4 or better while only 27% of Wilson kids scored 4 or better, but 55% scored a 3 or better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here but I should add it's a relatively small number of students who enter ninth grade taking Pre-calculus. So while those kids are very strong math students, the vast majority of kids do take a math PARCC in HS.

Thanks, I just went and took a look.

The advanced math kids that took PARCC (not the most advanced, the ones that entered high school taking Algebra II) are very close in their PARCC scores between the schools, with SWW kids having 85% score a 4 or better while 76% of Wilson kids scored a 4 or better. In Geometry, 83% of SWW kids score a 4 or better while only 27% of Wilson kids scored 4 or better, but 55% scored a 3 or better.

Thanks for the data. I’m not surprised Walls is a bit higher given admission criteria. 27% 4 or 5 in Geometry is pretty low. I wonder what is going on there.

[Anonymous]

A LOT of Wilson kids boycotted PARCC...that's what's going on...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A LOT of Wilson kids boycotted PARCC...that's what's going on...

They did not take it or they took it and did not try? Because these numbers only reflect those that took it.

I don’t know, but my guess is either there is a larger pool of kids that take the geometry test so it reflects a broader range of aptitude/caring about the test and/or perhaps DCPS pushed too many students into advanced math. Even kids doing geometry in 9th grade are on an advanced track.

[Anonymous]

where can you find information on scores PARCC scores by subject (e.g., geometry or algebra II) by grade level?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:where can you find information on scores PARCC scores by subject (e.g., geometry or algebra II) by grade level?

https://osse.dc.gov/page/2018-19-parcc-results-and-resources

I downloaded the file for 2018-19 PARRC Mathematics school level, the file has tabs by grade level and then on each page is a table with the schools and scores. There are numerous configurations of the data.