PARCC test results - slight increase in scores overall, white students see drop, Wilson plunges

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-students-post-modest-gains-in-paarc-test-scores-wilson-high-school-sees-dramatic-drop/2016/08/30/eee76024-6e35-11e6-8365-b19e428a975e_story.html

[Anonymous]

Either something's really wrong with Wilson or Wilson students/families are staging a protest against standardized tests.

Is data by subgroups/schools/grades yet available?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either something's really wrong with Wilson or Wilson students/families are staging a protest against standardized tests.

Is data by subgroups/schools/grades yet available?

Yes:http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/463/assessment/1/proficiency/4

Scroll down a bit to see breakdown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either something's really wrong with Wilson or Wilson students/families are staging a protest against standardized tests.

Is data by subgroups/schools/grades yet available?

Normally I would regard a post like yours as alarmist, but I admit that I looked at Wilson's scores right away (we have a child there) and was appalled but not entirely surprised. http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/463/assessment/1/proficiency/4

Looking at the subgroups, the African-American and Latino scores at Wilson are unbelievable: 8/3 and 12/8 (English/math proficiency= met or exceeded grade level). And what happens to white kids, most of whom come from Deal or Hardy? Those middle schools' scores, respectively, are 81/90 and 67/63 for white students, but they get to Wilson and descend to 45/40? Or is it that kids with options (Walls, private school) still aren't really choosing Wilson? (My son had those options and did choose Wilson, for better or worse!)

[Anonymous]

Wash Latin MS is up significantly in both ELA and Math.

Wash Latin HS is down for both; especially large drop in Math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either something's really wrong with Wilson or Wilson students/families are staging a protest against standardized tests.

Is data by subgroups/schools/grades yet available?

Normally I would regard a post like yours as alarmist, but I admit that I looked at Wilson's scores right away (we have a child there) and was appalled but not entirely surprised. http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/463/assessment/1/proficiency/4

Looking at the subgroups, the African-American and Latino scores at Wilson are unbelievable: 8/3 and 12/8 (English/math proficiency= met or exceeded grade level). And what happens to white kids, most of whom come from Deal or Hardy? Those middle schools' scores, respectively, are 81/90 and 67/63 for white students, but they get to Wilson and descend to 45/40? Or is it that kids with options (Walls, private school) still aren't really choosing Wilson? (My son had those options and did choose Wilson, for better or worse!)

Not sure...but I expect there will be some 'xplaing to do. Did kids refuse to take the test? It would be helpful if we could see actual numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either something's really wrong with Wilson or Wilson students/families are staging a protest against standardized tests.

Is data by subgroups/schools/grades yet available?

Normally I would regard a post like yours as alarmist, but I admit that I looked at Wilson's scores right away (we have a child there) and was appalled but not entirely surprised. http://results.osse.dc.gov/school/463/assessment/1/proficiency/4

Looking at the subgroups, the African-American and Latino scores at Wilson are unbelievable: 8/3 and 12/8 (English/math proficiency= met or exceeded grade level). And what happens to white kids, most of whom come from Deal or Hardy? Those middle schools' scores, respectively, are 81/90 and 67/63 for white students, but they get to Wilson and descend to 45/40? Or is it that kids with options (Walls, private school) still aren't really choosing Wilson? (My son had those options and did choose Wilson, for better or worse!)

I suspect that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wash Latin MS is up significantly in both ELA and Math.

Wash Latin HS is down for both; especially large drop in Math.

swings liek that shouldn't happen. A slow downward trend or upward trend perhaps, but swings indicate a flawed test.

[Anonymous]

Except swings didn't happen everywhere -

DCI had a modest tick upward. BASIS stayed about the same - slight increase in math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wash Latin MS is up significantly in both ELA and Math.

Wash Latin HS is down for both; especially large drop in Math.

swings liek that shouldn't happen. A slow downward trend or upward trend perhaps, but swings indicate a flawed test.

Yes, slight fluctuations from year to year could be explained away as noise, but that is a pretty huge drop. I'd hate to be the principal right now--she probably has a lot of explaining to do.

[Anonymous]

Banneker's ELA score is great. Math almost as good.

Kudos for them for scoring highest in city.

[Anonymous]

anyone know how to look at the results for elementary schools?

I clicked on Export and downloaded a 38K line Excel Chart, but it appears that schools are identified by a "SchoolCode" (column B). Anyone know where we can find a list of codes for various schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:anyone know how to look at the results for elementary schools?

I clicked on Export and downloaded a 38K line Excel Chart, but it appears that schools are identified by a "SchoolCode" (column B). Anyone know where we can find a list of codes for various schools?

Just click on the school you want from this list: http://results.osse.dc.gov/state/DC#explore-schools-leas

[Anonymous]

Is Banneker predominantly African American?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wash Latin MS is up significantly in both ELA and Math.

Wash Latin HS is down for both; especially large drop in Math.

swings liek that shouldn't happen. A slow downward trend or upward trend perhaps, but swings indicate a flawed test.

Yes, slight fluctuations from year to year could be explained away as noise, but that is a pretty huge drop. I'd hate to be the principal right now--she probably has a lot of explaining to do.

test prep city on the way! I'd hate to be a student at a school with a downward swing . . .