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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More about the strand ratings:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-08-27/news/bs-md-school-index-20130827_1_elementary-schools-highest-performing-schools-state-tests

They are not something I would worry about. It seems like an iffy measure at best, and currently meaningless if based on the MSAs.[/quote]

No OP, but thanks for posting this.  Very interesting. Of note:

"In many elementary schools in the state, 95 percent of children are passing state tests, so it is difficult for the schools to improve further. Therefore, a school that has a lower percentage of students passing but made good progress from last year might be rated higher than the perennial top performers.

In some cases, Smith said, the highest-performing schools might have trouble raising achievement of special education students or those learning English as a second language. The new system shines a light, he said, on those kinds of differences."

Additionally, as stated by another PP, the change to 2.0 impacted the test scores for the MSA tests, which is not based on the 2.0 curriculum. I read that a lot of schools just didn't bother with prepping kids for the MSAs since they knew it wasn't going to count going forwards.  But even with this, I looked at my DC's MSA results which shows RP results compared to MoCo and MD overall, and I thought RP did pretty well in terms of % of kids who tested in Proficient and Advanced.

I think you have to wait a few years to see the PARCC test results, which is the state wide test based on 2.0, to see how RP is fairing.
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