MISA Out?

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone seen the grading scale posted? My child scored 756, which he said was one point from an A.

If 757 is the minimum for an A, then it sounds like they are pulling many people who score level 3 into the category. I pulled this from earlier in the thread from last year:

Level 4 (Distinguished): 4% - cutoff 772/850
Level 3 (Proficient): 30% - cutoff 750/850
Level 2 (Developing): 41% - cutoff 731/850
Level 1 (Beginning): 25% - cutoff 650/850

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone seen the grading scale posted? My child scored 756, which he said was one point from an A.

If 757 is the minimum for an A, then it sounds like they are pulling many people who score level 3 into the category. I pulled this from earlier in the thread from last year:

Level 4 (Distinguished): 4% - cutoff 772/850
Level 3 (Proficient): 30% - cutoff 750/850
Level 2 (Developing): 41% - cutoff 731/850
Level 1 (Beginning): 25% - cutoff 650/850

Earlier in the thread, a teacher said the cutoffs between the levels were different this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS’ score is in canvas. Listed as score #/0. It’s not in synergy.

Where on canvas? I don’t see it.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS’ score is in canvas. Listed as score #/0. It’s not in synergy.

Where on canvas? I don’t see it.

Canvas is individual teacher input so where PPs is isn't where yours is going to be, if it ever makes it to Canvas.

My kid never got it and school is over for them (last day was yesterday because today is 8th grade orientation so HS kids stay home). Disappointing that they couldn't have read it to them in class.

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

yes it was insanely difficult this year - especially the first semester - one of my kids APEX bio classes every student got an A on the MISA - so the teacher just told them out loud that they all got an A. The other class there were a few Bs so he had the kids come up one by one if they wanted to know their grade.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure most everyone got the email today with a link (https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/curriculum/eoc/mcps_eoc_studentflyerwfaqs-updated2024-06v1.pdf) to this info, but I thought I would place it here to close the loop on some of the questions in this thread. What we don't know yet is the percentage of students who scored in each of these categories.

What MCPS has posted about how EOC (MISA/MCAP) scores were translated to letter grades:


GRADE CONVERSION SCORE (GCS) TABLE

Letter Grade: A GCS Score: 90-100 -- LS MISA Score Range: 757-850 Am Gov Score Range: 466-650
Letter Grade: B GCS Score: 80-89 -- LS MISA Score Range: 744-756 Am Gov Score Range: 442-465
Letter Grade: C GCS Score: 70-79 -- LS MISA Score Range: 737-743 Am Gov Score Range: 419-441
Letter Grade: D GCS Score: 60-69 -- LS MISA Score Range: 731-736 Am Gov Score Range: 394-418
Letter Grade: E GCS Score: 50-59 -- LS MISA Score Range: 650-730 Am Gov Score Range: 240-393

What does the Grade Conversion Score chart mean?
The “Test Scale Score” refers to the student’s EOC exam overall (either LS MISA or American Government). It is based on the questions answered correctly on the exam.
The “GCS Score” refers to the Grade Conversion Scale score that is based on the Test Scale Score. It has a floor of 50 and a ceiling of 100.
The “Letter Grade” refers to the grade, A through E, the student received on the EOC exam and that will count for 20 percent of the student’s final course grade. The Letter Grade is based on the GCS score: a GCS score of 90 and above converts to a letter grade of “A,” 80 through 89 to a “B,” 70 through 79 to a “C,” 60 through 69 to a “D,” and 59 and below to a letter grade of “E.”

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

yes it was insanely difficult this year - especially the first semester - one of my kids APEX bio classes every student got an A on the MISA - so the teacher just told them out loud that they all got an A. The other class there were a few Bs so he had the kids come up one by one if they wanted to know their grade.

Any idea if apex bio will be same next year? I have a kid scheduled for it and he is nervous. Any tips to prepare?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure most everyone got the email today with a link (https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/curriculum/eoc/mcps_eoc_studentflyerwfaqs-updated2024-06v1.pdf) to this info, but I thought I would place it here to close the loop on some of the questions in this thread. What we don't know yet is the percentage of students who scored in each of these categories.

What MCPS has posted about how EOC (MISA/MCAP) scores were translated to letter grades:


GRADE CONVERSION SCORE (GCS) TABLE

Letter Grade: A GCS Score: 90-100 -- LS MISA Score Range: 757-850 Am Gov Score Range: 466-650
Letter Grade: B GCS Score: 80-89 -- LS MISA Score Range: 744-756 Am Gov Score Range: 442-465
Letter Grade: C GCS Score: 70-79 -- LS MISA Score Range: 737-743 Am Gov Score Range: 419-441
Letter Grade: D GCS Score: 60-69 -- LS MISA Score Range: 731-736 Am Gov Score Range: 394-418
Letter Grade: E GCS Score: 50-59 -- LS MISA Score Range: 650-730 Am Gov Score Range: 240-393

What does the Grade Conversion Score chart mean?
The “Test Scale Score” refers to the student’s EOC exam overall (either LS MISA or American Government). It is based on the questions answered correctly on the exam.
The “GCS Score” refers to the Grade Conversion Scale score that is based on the Test Scale Score. It has a floor of 50 and a ceiling of 100.
The “Letter Grade” refers to the grade, A through E, the student received on the EOC exam and that will count for 20 percent of the student’s final course grade. The Letter Grade is based on the GCS score: a GCS score of 90 and above converts to a letter grade of “A,” 80 through 89 to a “B,” 70 through 79 to a “C,” 60 through 69 to a “D,” and 59 and below to a letter grade of “E.”

Thanks for posting this. I have no context to understand all of those numbers. But my kid said the teacher read kids' scores out loud today (weird, right?) and every single kid got an A. (Maybe the teacher skipped the non-As? But my kid was under the impression that the whole class got an A on the bio MISA.

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

yes it was insanely difficult this year - especially the first semester - one of my kids APEX bio classes every student got an A on the MISA - so the teacher just told them out loud that they all got an A. The other class there were a few Bs so he had the kids come up one by one if they wanted to know their grade.

It's pretty impressive that the whole class got an A! My kid is headed into APEX next year, so I hope they have toned down the class, however!

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

yes it was insanely difficult this year - especially the first semester - one of my kids APEX bio classes every student got an A on the MISA - so the teacher just told them out loud that they all got an A. The other class there were a few Bs so he had the kids come up one by one if they wanted to know their grade.

It's pretty impressive that the whole class got an A! My kid is headed into APEX next year, so I hope they have toned down the class, however!

An A on the *MISA*

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

yes it was insanely difficult this year - especially the first semester - one of my kids APEX bio classes every student got an A on the MISA - so the teacher just told them out loud that they all got an A. The other class there were a few Bs so he had the kids come up one by one if they wanted to know their grade.

Any idea if apex bio will be same next year? I have a kid scheduled for it and he is nervous. Any tips to prepare?

That PP’s kid had the nicest teacher — there are two. A little curious how the other teacher’s students did, but they didn’t announce it. My understanding is that this year was such a massive sh-t show with the new apex bio curriculum that they are making substantive changes for next year. I don’t know that there’s much they can do to prepare. Mine went in with a decently strong background in bio.

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

Pretty sure the Blair magnet bio class, which is taken in 10th, not 9th, is advanced and not the same hons bio that others take

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how we will get the actual scores? Teacher gave grade but not score and it doesn’t look like it’s on synergy anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how we will get the actual scores? Teacher gave grade but not score and it doesn’t look like it’s on synergy anywhere.

Do you actually care about the score?

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That 650-850 grading scale and letter boundaries is so, so stupid.