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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] I don't see a massive issue or 10 years of dropping scores which should alarm parents.[/quote]

That's not the issue; no one is suggesting that Murch's absolute scores are inexorably "dropping" year-to-year.  They're still "eh," while the neighbors keep improving, pushing Murch way down in the rankings.  Neighbors that look just like Murch, somewhat like Murch (Eaton), not really much like Murch (Hearst, Ross) and not at all like Murch (Ludlow-Taylor).

I understand that no one wants to trash talk their own school, I wouldn't either.  But maybe someone with knowledge is feeling candid

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This, from the very first post about Murch in this thread: 
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If I had kids at Murch or headed there, I'd want some answers about i[b]ts plummet over the past 10 years,[/b] in this imperfect but useful metric. It's undeniable. What's going on? The trend transcends principals, renovation, etc[/quote]

This sort of dramatic silliness is why it’s hard to take these threads seriously. PARCC has been in use for only the last four years. Clearly, something happened in fifth grade math last year. Hard to know what, given the consistency of instruction in that slot. As someone with a rising fifth grader (and another child who has recently been through fifth grade at Murch), it’s not something I’m spending a lot of time worrying about. If I have any concern, it’s that people freaking out could drive a more testing-focused approach at the school, which would be the worst possible outcome. [/quote]

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