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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wilson parents, why doesn't DC simply win permission from the Dept. of Education to use the SAT for federal accountability like Connecticut, Maine, Colorado, New Hampshire etc. have done?  Wouldn't this keep the Wilson testing situation from blowing up again?

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/01/06/will-states-swap-standards-based-tests-for-sat.html[/quote]

Sure. But for this spring all they need to do is 1) test only 10th graders (who will be in few APs) 2) test every kid who is supposed to take PARCC + an AP class at the end of the PARCC testing window, not the beginning, once APs are done. It's just not that hard. [/quote]

All Wilson 10th graders took the PARCC last year as 9th graders. In theory that's it, and they shouldn't need to be tested again. I am getting different answers from different people on whether that is actually the case.

BTW, my Wilson 10th grader is in 3 AP classes. Many take one, and some take two or three. Not sure what school your kid attends, but this is pretty common at Wilson.

As for why they can't wait to schedule PARCCs for kids who ARE taking APs till after the AP exams are done, if I remember correctly, Wilson blamed that on DCPS and said they weren't given a choice on last year's timing. I[b]T BETTER NOT HAPPEN AGAIN THIS YEAR[/b].[/quote]

Have you written to or met with the principal and the instructional supervisor? Ask for a meeting?

DCPS is overtesting kids with PARCC. OSSE only requires they do it once in high school. Push back -- appeal to new chancellor.  I'm told that DCPS wants them to do it multiple times to get the passing rate up ...[/quote]

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