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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is at Deal - currently in 7th grade.   Let's pretend that PARCC is a test that effectively assesses a student's mastery of content.   My DS got a low 5 on both ELA and math in 6th grade.   A 5 on PARCC is exceeding expectations of learning standards.

For ELA, with a low 5, 26% of the class scored higher.
For Math with a low 5, 20% of the class scored higher.

The school is clearly doing something to get over 20% of the student body to exceed learning expectations -even without a ton of homework.

For Grades, my child was not on Principal's Honor Roll.[/quote]

The majority of students at Deal come in already high, so what are they doing that is so great?[/quote]

They moved more kids to a "5" than where they started.  So I am making some broad assumptions for the data and the cohort
1.  Assumption all students who took PARCC at a feeder school (2016-2017) were tested at Deal 2017-2018   [we all know this is not a valid assumption - but lets use it for analysis purposes]
2.  Results on PARCC from 5th to 6th grade have no major change (for example - this is a POV that the 1st year children test, scores are lower than actual knowledge b/c they are not used to taking std tests.  What I am trying to say is that if this is true, the "learning" has occurred and there is no performance step change between 5th and 6th grade.  That the score is a "true" reflection of core knowledge)
3.  The weighted average of ELA scores for 2016-2017 for the feeder schools for the % of children who scored a 5 is 17.5%
4.  For Deal for 2017 -2018, the % 0f kids who scored a 5 for ELA is 35%

I know not all the assumptions are valid - but the % of children who scored a 5 doubled from score when they were in 5th grade.

Congrats to the Deal ELA teachers[/quote]

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