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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone analyzed AP score performance for kids who start before vs. after labor day?   Because losing weeks of instructional time is not peanuts.[/quote]

Does anyone with half a brain actually realize that when MCPS starts a week early, by the time they get to May for the tests, they would have been in school the SAME EXACT amount of time if they started a week later.  We are talking a 4 day difference that with the earlier schedule and there is 3 full days off for marking period grades, occasional EID, and usually a longer Spring Break.

But even schools that start in early to mid Aug do not have higher scores. The reality is most fail across the country,  unless they teach themselves. [/quote]

Most people with half a brain realize that breaks are good for kids.  They get down-time and time to absorb material.  To actually analyze the effect of the start date, you would need to look at the link between test scores and start dates, while also controlling for demographics.  I don't think anyone has done that.  But someone who insists that kids are teaching themselves wouldn't understand that.[/quote]

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