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MCPS high school biology teacher here. The scores were released by MSDE to MCPS. MCPS has not posted them nor are they available to biology teachers yet.
I suspect a lot of the hold up is because MCPS hasn't quite figured out how to put the scores into Synergy (ParentVUE/StudentVUE) yet. I already quipped to my teammates at school today that MCPS will ask us teacher to check another data repository for the scores, then input the grades ourselves, and they'll probably do this to us on Thursday or Friday of this week.
I blame MCPS for a lot of things (and I do, I definitely do), but a lot of what you all are blaming them for with regards to MISA doesn't fall under their control. You can blame MSDE for the timing, grading, etc. You can also blame MSDE for the 20%-of-the-second-semester-grade.
Knowing they have the scores in their hands already and haven't released them is very frustrating. Knowing they will likely screw up the promised "auto-input" and make up put the grades in and even more frustrating. We have 2.5 days of classes left, and science teachers have a LOT more close-out stuff to take care of than most other teachers (because labs, chemicals and equipment). Dumping this on us at the last minute is just ignorant and trying to contribute to the science teacher shortages.
I suspect a lot of the hold up is because MCPS hasn't quite figured out how to put the scores into Synergy (ParentVUE/StudentVUE) yet. I already quipped to my teammates at school today that MCPS will ask us teacher to check another data repository for the scores, then input the grades ourselves, and they'll probably do this to us on Thursday or Friday of this week.
I blame MCPS for a lot of things (and I do, I definitely do), but a lot of what you all are blaming them for with regards to MISA doesn't fall under their control. You can blame MSDE for the timing, grading, etc. You can also blame MSDE for the 20%-of-the-second-semester-grade.
Knowing they have the scores in their hands already and haven't released them is very frustrating. Knowing they will likely screw up the promised "auto-input" and make up put the grades in and even more frustrating. We have 2.5 days of classes left, and science teachers have a LOT more close-out stuff to take care of than most other teachers (because labs, chemicals and equipment). Dumping this on us at the last minute is just ignorant and trying to contribute to the science teacher shortages.
