Montgomery County to eliminate high school finals, please send in your comments

[Anonymous]

I know a lot of parents here are concerned with Montgomery county's plan to remove high school final exams. If you are, please send in your comments to let the authority know your concerns. You can comment following the link below
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/policy-feedback.aspx

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the link. I just commented. I support eliminating the two-hour final exam periods.

[Anonymous]

I am sorry I don't have time to comment... my boss is giving me a final exam and I need to study.

[Anonymous]

Sent one - thank you. I support exams and not coddling kids. If we want a "no child left behind" curriculum, they need to show it with a district-based test. The fact that so many are failing every subject test and the parents just rather do away with the test than ask why they are failing, shows how sad our society has become. I think parents would be fine if their kids didn't learn a thing, so long as they came home with all A's.

[Anonymous]

Is the OP Dana Tofig? He or she is posting on the religious holiday thread. Mr./Ms. Tofig, can you check out the incompetent teacher threads and share how that all works as well?

[Anonymous]

The parents aren't the ones pushing to end final exams. MCPS is extremely embarrassed at the increase in math failures. It hits the Washington Post every year. Its gotten worse with 2.0. There is no data at all showing any success for 2.0, only data that shows that it is failing. The best way for MCPS to handle this is to get rid of the exams and hide the problem. Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sent one - thank you. I support exams and not coddling kids. If we want a "no child left behind" curriculum, they need to show it with a district-based test. The fact that so many are failing every subject test and the parents just rather do away with the test than ask why they are failing, shows how sad our society has become. I think parents would be fine if their kids didn't learn a thing, so long as they came home with all A's.

Having exams is not the issue. It's the process that's broken. You've got a committee of people writing the exams outside of the classroom. There's a huge disconnect between the classroom and the boardroom. This isn't about coddling kids. It's about fixing a system that's broken. That said, it's pretty sad that discontinuing the exams was chosen as a way to fix this problem, but I do think our kids are tested way too much and too little instruction is spent on practical application and actually learning something that's useful. I'm all for ditching the exams if. can improve how things are learned and applied.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the OP Dana Tofig? He or she is posting on the religious holiday thread. Mr./Ms. Tofig, can you check out the incompetent teacher threads and share how that all works as well?

Dana Tofig is Mr. Tofig.

[Anonymous]

Thanks--I have never seen an official from MCPS post here before and it is welcomed. There is such a need for clarity, especially when it seems like the structure and testing and busing and infrastructure and curriculum at MCPS changes so frequently. Please come back often Mr. Tofig!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is the OP Dana Tofig? He or she is posting on the religious holiday thread. Mr./Ms. Tofig, can you check out the incompetent teacher threads and share how that all works as well?

Dana Tofig is Mr. Tofig.

How long before Mr. Tofig is reprimanded for posting on dcum?

[Anonymous]

Ha! I am sure he was given permission. If you work in the county, you need permission for the most inane things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The parents aren't the ones pushing to end final exams. MCPS is extremely embarrassed at the increase in math failures. It hits the Washington Post every year. Its gotten worse with 2.0. There is no data at all showing any success for 2.0, only data that shows that it is failing. The best way for MCPS to handle this is to get rid of the exams and hide the problem. Disgusting.

It wasn't just Math. 60% or more (depending on which class) failed Science and History too.