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

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Anonymous wrote:Yes same test nationally. Eight states use PARCC including Maryland.

Some of their results were so low I figured it was testing issues. I have a nephew at Pyle and my sister is always giving me a load of crap about how we should move across the border. Um...no thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:^^ I hope this is because Watkins and Maury's AA populations come from economically distinct areas of their catchment zones (Maury, especially, has the newly zoned section that is totally different in character from the existing zone) or from EOTR and not that similarly situated (from an economic perspective) kids are performing that differently. It's not as bad at Brent, e.g. Perhaps because there are way fewer OOBers and the whole catchment zone is fairly expensive housing? Weird that the white kids at Watkins and Maury do a bit better than those at Brent.

Not really, at least for Watkins. The white kids at Watkins have historically been among the highest-performers in DCCAS too. It's a true tale of SES-split.

Except Watkins' non-ED numbers are 44/51, so they're not doing particularly well by middle/upper class AA students given their white stats (I am comfortable assuming their are next to no ED white kids). For contrast, L-T's *ED* numbers are 42/40. As in, L-T's economically disadvantaged kids read at basically the same level as Watkins' non-economically disadvantaged kids. That's fairly shocking given that we're talking about neighborhoods that have relatively similar populations who live in close proximity.

Good point. There is something else going on then in the non-ED/ED AA low scores at Watkins.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes same test nationally. Eight states use PARCC including Maryland.

Some of their results were so low I figured it was testing issues. I have a nephew at Pyle and my sister is always giving me a load of crap about how we should move across the border. Um...no thanks.

Hells Bells! Go (some of) DC!

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DC Prep charter middle school appears to be thriving according to the test scores. Any parents here with students there?

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Anonymous wrote:Is Banneker predominantly African American?

Yes.

Banneker -

81.1% Black
.2% White
14% Latino
1.8% Asian
2.2% Multi-racial

Keep in mind that Banneker, like SWW High school, can send students who don't maintain a minimum GPA back to their neighborhood schools.

Not only they can, but they do. The "out" rates are astonishingly high (just looked at enrollment data a few weeks ago)

+1 My son is a junior at banneker and his class size has significantly dropped since freshman year. Kids don't even make it through freshman year before being asked not to return.

Kudos to your son

(I was shocked when I saw the "out" data, and apparently it impacts boys especially)

Essentially 1-3 students leave per month. I think we can assume that most of those are in 9th or 10th grade.

That's surprising. So many students are "counselled out" during the year? That can't be good either for them or for the community they leave behind

Until recently you would be asked to leave if your GPA drops below a 3.0

Application schools can do this - charters can't - bc they can send you back to your neighborhood school.

Thanks, but how can that happen on a per-month basis?

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Easy. A student sees where grade is heading one quarter and leaves before it gets on their transcript.

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Anonymous wrote:Easy. A student sees where grade is heading one quarter and leaves before it gets on their transcript.

OK, understood.

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Anonymous wrote:DC Prep charter middle school appears to be thriving according to the test scores. Any parents here with students there?

KIPP Promise also. Wow. 47/74 (and 55/88 for non-special ed, which I think is the highest non-special ed math score in the whole city!) with a virtually 100% ED AA population. That is incredibly impressive.

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Anonymous wrote:Are white parents going to be clamoring to get into Banneker? It was the top scoring high school in DCPS with 98% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in literacy and 62% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in mathematics. School Without Walls was 84% proficiency in literacy and 52% proficiency in mathematics.

Have you been paying attention to this thread?

Not only is Banneker a test-in school, but it counsels out a large number of its students (anyone whose GPA drops below 3.0, even in the middle of a year). Combine that with the non-existent special ed or ELL populations and, voila, the few students who remain to actually take the PARCC do very well.

If Wilson could do all that, it'd probably be the best in the nation. If SWS was as aggressive as Banneker in counseling students out, its scores would be higher.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes same test nationally. Eight states use PARCC including Maryland.

Mercedes Schneider, author of "Common Core Dilemma: Who Owns Our Schools," states that despite the fact that PARCC sets suggested cut scores, the states still have the option of resetting those cut scores. This is also a factor in determining who is proficient.

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Anonymous wrote:Are white parents going to be clamoring to get into Banneker? It was the top scoring high school in DCPS with 98% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in literacy and 62% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in mathematics. School Without Walls was 84% proficiency in literacy and 52% proficiency in mathematics.

Have you been paying attention to this thread?

Not only is Banneker a test-in school, but it counsels out a large number of its students (anyone whose GPA drops below 3.0, even in the middle of a year). Combine that with the non-existent special ed or ELL populations and, voila, the few students who remain to actually take the PARCC do very well.

If Wilson could do all that, it'd probably be the best in the nation. If SWS was as aggressive as Banneker in counseling students out, its scores would be higher.

But none of that is the case. The fact remains that Banneker students did well on the PARCC test. They did exceptionally well in ELA. My children do not attend Banneker, and they never will (I'm focused on immersion), but let's give credit where credit is due people.

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Anonymous wrote:Are white parents going to be clamoring to get into Banneker? It was the top scoring high school in DCPS with 98% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in literacy and 62% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in mathematics. School Without Walls was 84% proficiency in literacy and 52% proficiency in mathematics.

Have you been paying attention to this thread?

Not only is Banneker a test-in school, but it counsels out a large number of its students (anyone whose GPA drops below 3.0, even in the middle of a year). Combine that with the non-existent special ed or ELL populations and, voila, the few students who remain to actually take the PARCC do very well.

If Wilson could do all that, it'd probably be the best in the nation. If SWS was as aggressive as Banneker in counseling students out, its scores would be higher.

Just a correction - i said it used to be 3.0.

I think DCPS has reworked the Banneker grading system so that it's less draconian -- by it is still a school with significant attrition from 9th to 12th.

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Anonymous wrote:Are white parents going to be clamoring to get into Banneker? It was the top scoring high school in DCPS with 98% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in literacy and 62% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in mathematics. School Without Walls was 84% proficiency in literacy and 52% proficiency in mathematics.

Have you been paying attention to this thread?

Not only is Banneker a test-in school, but it counsels out a large number of its students (anyone whose GPA drops below 3.0, even in the middle of a year). Combine that with the non-existent special ed or ELL populations and, voila, the few students who remain to actually take the PARCC do very well.

If Wilson could do all that, it'd probably be the best in the nation. If SWS was as aggressive as Banneker in counseling students out, its scores would be higher.

Just a correction - i said it used to be 3.0.

I think DCPS has reworked the Banneker grading system so that it's less draconian -- by it is still a school with significant attrition from 9th to 12th.

Thank you for the clarification. I'd love to see the comparable attrition data from SWS.

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Go to learnDC.org -- they report it for every DCPS and PCS.

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Anonymous wrote:DC Prep charter middle school appears to be thriving according to the test scores. Any parents here with students there?

Not a HRCS according to DCUM.