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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think TJ students should be passing at 100%.  I don't understand why they are not.  Maybe, a few on English because of ESOL--but the idea of TJ was that they learn quickly and easily.[/quote]

Um, they pretty much are. You are trolling. Their pass rates are exceptionally high. Pass advanced rates for math and science are almost double or more what you see at other top schools. Not good enough? But as noted, to understand why pass advanced scores aren't higher comes down to who is actually taking the tests. Many aren't.[/quote]
You have to get to the details I think.

TJ 9th graders scored a lower pass advanced rate in geometry than nearly every middle school in the county. These would be the 30% of kids that came in with only Algebra.

I guess I’m more surprised that by the end of the freshman year at the one of the best STEM schools in the country, they couldn’t muster better scores than any number of other 8th grade cohorts. [/quote]

The math department at TJ is notorious.  This seems to reflect that.[/quote]
The math department doesn’t create or grade SOLs. And their previous SOL rates were much much better.

It really doesn’t make sense for this freshman class to score so poorly on the geometry SOL. Previous years Alg II pass advanced rates were nearly double this freshman classes geo scores.[/quote]

Look back through the thread. I think it's selection effects. Not everyone taking the test and the ones who are may not be the strongest. [/quote]
That’s not correct. Nearly every geometry student took the geometry SOL. 120 of them. [/quote]

I imagine most if not all geometry students at TJ are freshman.  This would be why they took the SOL.  Students need to take 1 math SOL in high school.  It’s not a surprise they didn’t score pass advance.  See my other post about honors kids blowing off SOLs.  A pass vs a pass advanced on an SOL means nothing in high school, especially at TJ.  [/quote]
Again, nearly every middle school performed better including the non-AAP middle schools. They also had no reason to try hard and could have blown it off. [/quote]

You seem overly concerned with TJ’s scores.  I’m guessing and don’t really care, but I’ve taught both high school and middle school math.  In general, middle schoolers take SOL much more seriously and middle school is more like elementary, where they talk them up and act like they are very important.  High school teachers don’t do this, especially in honors courses.  Passing or pass advancing a mostly multiple choice basic test does not prepare anyone for the next level course.  In high school we are more focused on teaching content.  SOLs are an afterthought and something that has to be done to check a participation box. [/quote]

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