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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]most depressing experience so far is looking at the EOTP schools near me and seeing in the spreadsheets that of any group, the number of students that actually hit the exceeds category at the top reflects 1 student, sometimes 2 students. 
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I’m a teacher and I feel the same way. I think a lot of my kids should have done better, but they just had no interest in taking the test. [/quote]

Well that's a tough spot.  Do you push them all to invest in their PARCC outcomes so a few kids can get trophy scores for your school or do you manage realistic expectations for the overwhelming majority who struggle to meet that goal (likely through no fault yours)?

The overall scores largely correlate to income and at-risk status.[/quote]

I’m the teacher in the PP. I teach elementary math.  I try to build them up throughout the year so they constantly hear that they can do hard things. I do very little test prep, but did spend time working on how to explain your answers in writing, but because that’s a good skill to have outside of testing. The kids want to know how they will do so I’ll show them their previous scores and say “I think you can get X This year if you Y.” But the reality is the kids (for the most part) don’t have any interest or investment in doing well. They’ll ask if they need to pass PARCC to go on to the next grade and the answer is no. I had kids finish in 7 minutes, not finish at all, sleep through the test, walk out and sit in the hallway, cry, and be disruptive so we are forced to remove them. I saw some kids grow but most just stayed the same and a few went down. I wouldn’t say there are any trophy kids, though we do look at what kids were close to the next level up and could make it with some extra TLC. [/quote]

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