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[quote=Anonymous]I would bet that MCPS has a much, much higher exclusion rate than the other counties. MCPS has a track record for manipulating test outcomes. Of all the school systems, they have been most notorious in teaching to the test. On tests that are not required to be made public immediately, they hide the results if the outcome is poor (Rockville and county wide math failures). The only reason Starr is promoting a hiatus on testing is that they are in a panic that there will be a big drop in scores when PARCC hits and 2.0 hasn't prepared students. Notice that Starr only wants a hiatus on testing, they want time to inject prep. MCPS promotes itself as one of the best in the country but those numbers only hold true against a smaller set of larger systems, most in urban areas with much broader problems. They don't promote that fact. Yes, MCPS has a reputation for scrimping but trying to hide it. If they can exclude from a test, they will do this in a heartbeat. Its cheaper to exclude than remediate.

Its also one of the largest systems in the country so adverse behaviors and a significant exclude rate would affect MD numbers significantly. [/quote]

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