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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not try to elevate everyone by 10%? Every group will get better that way.

I understand that it won't  narrow the achievement gap, but why are we focusing on achievement gap to start with.

Why not try to push the top group and the bottom group at the same time even if achievement gap remains the same?

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AGREE completely.  MCPS should focus on showing progression for each student.  It would make so much more sense.

TRying to close the achievement gap is misguided at best, hugely detrimental at worse.  [/quote]

I fully agree and have been saying this for years as an ESOL teacher in a Title 1 school. Our students make great progress from where they started, but they're not always going to meet benchmark. It's demoralizing for the student and the staff who put in so much effort and just keep being told that progress doesn't count, only proficiency. I've had students arrive who are illiterate in their native language and then increase two ESOL levels in a year as well as learn to read and write in English, but they still don't meet the proficiency benchmarks so our work and their work is considered a failure in the eyes of central office and admin. Same for a kid in foster care who has never attended school regularly and was 3 years below grade level, but made 2 years worth of progress in 1 year but is also considered a failure. We have to meet kids where they are and celebrate their successes. Not every kid starts at the same place. Central office and admin treat kids like widgets instead of humans. [/quote]

+100

Special Ed teachers say this all the time.  They’re doing ridiculous evaluations that the County/State require that are ultimately useless and demoralizing.

It would be useful to track student scores over time and have that be how we judge school performance.  NOT focusing on race.[/quote]

Agree with this. If child is making great progress then it should be celebrated. We shouldn't be saying that unless you reach to the top level to help with zero achievement gap, all progress is useless. That's doing disservice to all the hard work teachers and kids put in.[/quote]

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