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[quote=Anonymous][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]

You clearly don't have a clue! Yay for Deal no wonder the kids EOTP can't learn it's the Deal teachers who are so great! Considering all the advantages that Deal has it's shocking that if you look at the stats the students who are non-special populations are doing so terrible. Look at the data![/quote]

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