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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What the PP is saying is that both white and non-white kids at ITS do worse on PARCC than do kids at schools with similar demographics.

In part it's because the school (really) doesn't teach to the test. Which is something that many (particularly high-SES) parents say that they want, but it also means that the kids don't spend a lot of time doing practice tests or keyboarding or learning the specific types of strategies to answer the questions that are most likely to be found on PARCC tests.

The school is doing more to build those skills during lessons - i[b]ncorporating computers into lessons at earlier grades, teaching typing, using iReady for math instruction (because that gets kids accustomed to solving math problems on computers).[/b] As recently as a couple of years ago, the school hadn't exposed 3rd graders to typing, while the PARCC assessment for that grade was entirely computer-based and required some short answer essays.

ITS is still a young and growing school. As a parent, I see the school learning and adapting and trying to improve at serving all kids well - but part of being a demonstration school is experimenting, trying new things, and learning from mistakes. 
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This sounds terrible.  [/quote]

Tell that to the people on this thread who are complaining about PARCC scores. You can't have it both ways.[/quote]

pp here agreed.  I'd prefer sound pedegody and mediocre scores. Educational software is junk.  It makes us feel good, but it is junk.[/quote]

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