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Anonymous
This is appalling. I'm quite pleased with my child's scores, but I have no desire to brag about them. Nor do I want the awkwardness of knowing other children's scores - for better or for worse. The lack of respect this exhibits is absolutely shocking to me! |
Anonymous
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What is JKLMO? Outrageous guess: Is is it:
Janney Key Lafayette Mann Oyster?? |
Anonymous
M stands for both Murch and Mann. get with it, girl! |
Anonymous
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I couldn't download the guide, my browser froze, but isn't another part of IMPACT that only 1 of the 5 evaluations are announced ahead of time? So some poor teachers could have been evaluated on the spur of the moment last week with a class of cooped up snowday crazed kindergarteners.
My kid's teacher seems to focus on "thinking skills" and problem solving and the kids do a lot of interactive group projects. Will that approach be allowed to continue? I can see trying to institute benchmarks if you think a lot of staff is underperforming, but it seems like this approach will also sweep out a lot of teachers who were doing good work with kids. Is DCPS under Rhee more stressful for teachers than say MC or NoVA? I have no idea what my kid's DIBEL score is - is it included in the report card at some point? |
Anonymous
+ Murch they're the beauty queens of DCPS. Miss Texas may perform best in evening gown and Miss Virginia in talent and Miss California in swimsuit and Miss North Carolina is Miss Congeniality, but at the end of the day we're quibbling over beauty queens. JKLMO are the same way. You could nitpick over who's best at what (language vs. math vs. reading vs. specials vs. facility...) but at the end of the day you'd still be quibbling over beauty queens. |
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DIBELs scores are not on report cards. I have received them as a 1 or 2 page report from a DCPS school, and a letter stating my child has been tested and is "normal" without the backup scores from a DC Charter.
I can't remember if they start in preK or just K. It is a timed test where children have 3 different subtests, like initial letter sounds, reading nonsense words (my 1st grader had poor scores on this because they were not real words. Since it is timed, taking the time to try and make a sensical word out of "dib" or "fot" slowed the DC down. . .) |
Anonymous
In many, but not all, DCPS schools, teachers are required to administer both DIEBELS and TRC at regular intervals. Because this is one-on-one testing that teachers are mandated to do according to a strict schedule developed by DCPS, it takes a huge bite out of regular teaching time. Teachers who have students who are reading below grade level in the early grades have an even more regimented and time-consuming testing schedule with a related intervention. Because this testing and intervention program is determined at the District level, and not by individual schools or teachers, it places a huge burden on teachers that is not necessarily appropriate for specific classes. I certainly favor having these resources available, but I think it's important for principals and teachers to determine how to use them. There is also a downside to DIEBELS. Because the test basically counts the number of words read during a specified interval, some children feel that in order to get a higher score they should simply read faster, which isn't likely to improve comprehension. It also causes some children considerable stress. |
Anonymous
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8:09, thank you for a clear and concise explanation of what is happening in schools under Rhee.
My child (who attends a Title I school) reads between 3 and 5 grades above level. His teacher is still required to "DIEBEL" him on a strict schedule. It is a waste of her time and my child's time. Meanwhile, while she sits in the hall testing individual children, she has to provide the other children busy work and leave them largely unmonitored. To be clear, the principal resents this as well. My child announced that he "hated DIEBEL" season. I agree. I love my child's school, I hate what Rhee is doing to us. |
Anonymous
Ooooooh, that's what it means! I thought it was some internet lingo like LMFAO! |
Anonymous
My kids is in DCPS in 2nd grade and I never even heard of this test. The only testing she has done is Star Reading and STAR Math - and the scores are not posted in class. |
Anonymous
| 13:58, what school? |
Anonymous
Key! THAT's the one I kept missing... |
Anonymous
| to 13:58, is your 2nd grader in a school that has autonomous status? I believe those schools can adjust testing schedules, and disregard some of the DCPS directives (e.g., graphs of scores in classrooms). |
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Lafayette |
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This stuff is all so byzantine. What does "autonomous status" mean? Is that a charter?
Totally blanking but what is the word DCPS uses to designate what my college called "quarters"? |