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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Misalignment of MCPS-taught standards to MCAP-tested standards is my understanding.  I believe MCPS was trying to adjust, but knew that there would be numbers that appeared lower than expected until they could do so.

Some other MD school districts may have been more nimble in changing to address the MSDE-mandated standards.  Pandemic after-effects, though possibly lessening, may also persist.[/quote]

Isn’t MCAP testing Common Core standards, which is what MCPS is supposed to be teaching? -NP[/quote]

I believe the situation is that both MCPS curriculum and MSDE MCAP inherit standards from common core, but that that does not mean each might have additional standards that do not inherit directly from common core and which, then, might be different.  It is incumbent upon MCPS to adopt or develop curricula that adhere to MSDE standards (including anything in addition to common core); MCPS can have [i]additional[/i] curriculum requirements of their own.  Methodology/approaches to the [i]teaching[/i] of common core may also be different between MCPS and that which is envisioned by MSDE, and, then, presentation of MCAP test material might differ from that with which MCPS students are familiar (this is more of a hypothetical on my part, thinking about others' noting that there were confusingly written questions).

My additional recollection from various interactions is that, though there was some advance notice of the MSDE change, MCPS may have been slow to procure/modify curricula to that obligation for a variety of reasons, including:

-- scheduling for procurement of curricula, which MCPS tries to stagger across subject areas, with bottlenecks from numbers of available personnel if everything needed to be done at once,

-- cost of new curricula (we know how the County Council underfunds the MCPS request in the first place; I don't think MSDE provides differential funding to cover their curricular mandates),

-- concern with rapid of changes to curricula while dealing with pandemic effects (responsible curriculum change is a multi-year process), and

-- concern with the timing of curricular change so soon after recent post-C2.0 curricular adoption.

There may be other reasons.[/quote]

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