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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]DCUM is so much fun! Whew. I am the poster who posted about her child earlier. Considering that my child took PARCC the same test the students at Deal take, I know how his scores match up. Also, my child is now in Algebra and will be judged the same. His RI test and current reading level, again same test the kids at Deal take. So I know how he matches up with my White friends kids at those schools. Notice that I said NOTHING about his actual grades. [b]I never said that test scores are not important at all. I just said that great test scores don’t make good schools fully. [/b][/quote]

That may not have been your intent, but it was precisely what you did when you agreed with the post that said exactly that. In fact the summary of the poster with whom you agreed that you replied to was [i]"and most parents with options don’t want their kids to be or to go to school with mostly kids who are multiple grade levels behind."[/i] I am the poster who said there's a huge difference between saying test scores don't mean everything and test scores don't mean anything. Seems like you actually agree with that position.

I stand by my position that a school with 5% (or some very small #) of kids at grade level cannot provide the same quality of education as those with the vast majority at grade level. I also stand by my position that low test scores have nothing to do with race.  [/quote]

Why don’t the PP above tell us what school her DC goes to?  And what his scores are on PARCC?  [/quote]

Probably because the people on this board are so rude[/quote]

Nope, she should because if she makes a statement that is factual, she should have no problem backing it up by answering the question above.

Lots of boosters on DCUM for low performing schools saying stuff but then when asked name your school, it’s radio silence.[/quote]

Wow! I have no problem backing it up honestly AND there are rude posters on this board. Wells is the school He had a 4 on both. [/quote]

10% of kids a grade level in math. Your kid surrounded by lower performing kids. Kind of exactly what the poster everyone called "rude" suggested. [/quote]

+1.  4 is grade level and should be the minimum requirement, I would not tout that as good.

Also it’s obvious that the kids taking Algebra at your school are not being taught advance math if only 10% of kids are on grade level.

Lastly, depending on how many questions your kid got right, he would be in the bottom 1/2 at Deal and not anywhere near or close to the top.

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NP, I couldn't find anywhere the parent said her kid was at the top. The parent actually said there was still work to be done. I can tell based on the scores from last year's PARCC, every student doesn't take Algebra so they are separated for that at least (if not more). [/quote]

She said he is in the[b] accelerated math cohort and taking Algebra.  He got a 4 so is in the top 10% of kids in math at the school.  [/b]

So yes, big difference being at the too [b]when you are just grade level and bottom half at Deal[/b].[/quote]

59% were 4+ in math. Which means 41% were not proficient (per the PARCC test). For at-risk students, 13% were 4+.

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Her son is in the "accelerated" math cohort and is taking Algebra in 8th grade.  Basically "accelerated" is on-level for any other school in America.   :roll: [/quote]

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