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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid did terrible at the MCAP. Just average scores. She is however 99th on MAP-R. Testing and knowledge are two different things. [/quote]

Oh interesting.  I wonder how common this is?  Not this exact disparity (99th percentile MAP kid scoring low on MCAP) but just in general kids being rated as "not proficient" on MCAP despite actually being proficient...[/quote]

Teachers and administrators have raised concerns about MCAP specifically for a long time. My 99th percentile kid did very well on MCAP for two years, then tanked it one year. What was different? Not the ability (MAP scores remained consistent), and not the effort (my kid is a Hermione Granger type who would die before purposefully throwing a test). Just...a bad day. Maybe she was coming down with something. Maybe she forgot to eat lunch. I have no idea, but it ultimately meant nothing. [/quote]

It’s hilarious how whenever the test scores are bad, school system defenders will insist there’s something wrong with the test and not the school system. And yet, when the scores are good, the system has no qualms about using them as evidence to crow about how great the system is.[/quote]
You have no idea of what you're talking about. 
MCAP started in 2021 and no school district in MD has done great on it since it started. There have been improvements but no district has done great. No school district has used MCAP as evidence to crow about how great they are. None.
It a bad assessment test. Schools administrators don't like it and students don't care about it. That's why the State had to make it a graduation requirement.
The new state superintendent was supposed to take a review of the MCAP. [/quote]

[b]You keep talking about MCAP. [/b]

My criticisms about the system outcomes are not relegated to just this instance of MCAP. It's talking about the ongoing pattern of decreased proficiencies on a MULTITUDE of assessments including:
- MCAP
- PARCC
- MSA
- EOL
- SAT/ACT scores
- AP/IB scores

Here's a throwback to MCPS's PARCC results from in Sept 2018: https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2018/18.09.13%202018%20Final%20PARCC%20Student%20Results.pdf

From 2018: https://wtop.com/maryland/2018/08/2018-parcc-scores-top-scoring-maryland-school-systems/

51% of MCPS 3-8 students demonstrated proficiency in ELA standards. 44% of MCPS 3-8 students demonstrated proficiency in math standards.

As I stated: The proficiency problems in MCPS [b]PRECEDE[/b] MCAP. Blaming the test does not work because the proficiency levels weren't great on state-tests that preceded MCAP and [b]they've continued to NOT be great systemwide for external tests such as SAT/ACT and AP/IB scores.[/b]

Pull your head out of the sand and stop blame shifting. MCPS has long had an instructional quality problem.[/quote]
Because that's the  subject of this thread. 
-Let's look at PARCC.  What was the national proficiency average and state proficiency average at the time? National proficiency average was 32%, State proficiency rate was 38% while MCPS was 51%.
Why did MD and every other state that used to administer the PARCC assessment get rid of it? Because it was a very bad assessment. 
-What "ongoing pattern of decreased proficiencies" in SAT/ACT,  AP/IB scores are you talking about?
SAT scores are  higher, AP scores have never been higher,  hovering in the 70s%. 20 out 25 HS made the AP list. Do you have a clue of what you're talking about? What do you get from lying and posting false information? Are you related to the TACO man?
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Oh boy. You folks in CO work overtime to justify lackluster performance from MCPS. Even with Taylor admitting that there's rampant grade inflation and acknowledging the decline of the system as outlined in the Bethesda Magazine feature: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/10/08/does-mcps-deserve-a-passing-grade/ you still want to defend the system? You're a lost cause.

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Your reading comprehension is also lacking. 
How can Taylor admit to grade inflation when he has been the superintendent for just a few months?
You want to spread false information without being called out.  Again,  what are you gaining from spreading lies and misinformation? You just can't help it. Lying comes natural to you,  just like the TACO man.[/quote]

What are you talking about? I don’t even work at MCPS but if you look at the former grading policy and compare it to other districts and the distribution of GPA, it’s obvious to a duck that there is grade inflation at MCPS.

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+1   More than 51% of the class of 2023 graduated with a weighted GPA of 4.0 or higher, versus 27.8% for the class of 2013, according to MCPS. [/quote]

Now that’s funny. [/quote]

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