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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Is it more to see how the school is doing, on average?[/quote]
Yes, I think so. if your child's MCAP scores are way out of whack from what you're expecting -- for example, she's getting good grades in reading but MCAP says she's not proficient -- that's worth clarifying with your school. But I don't think you can reasonably make instructional changes based on MCAP because they're so delayed.[/quote]

Which is the saddest part and why teachers and parents hate that the testing takes up so much time.  These individual state exams are bogus.  There needs to be one national test, given in key years(3,5, 7,9, and one for Algebra).  After that there are PSAT/SAT, APs for HS.  Take the MAP in Fall and Spring to show growth during the year and year to year. Done.[/quote]

+100. MCAP is redundant with MAP/national testing and [b]a terrible waste of what could have been ~12 hours of instruction time[/b].

Also that is ridiculous it took an entire year to get results.[/quote]

Are these the same people who say that kids should get a "break" in late May and early June?[/quote]

By early June everyone should get a break.  The seniors are done.  AP and MCAP testing occurs in late April/early May which puts them early in 4th quarter because of our school calendar.  Who wants to be doing major graded projects and assignments after the major testing???[/quote]

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