Reply to MD 2022-2023 MCAP Results: Only 14% proficient ELA, 13 proficient math at state-level; MCPS 13.5% ELA, 13.7% math

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The numbers don’t make sense. How if it possible that 14.4 percent are proficient in ELA overall, but 24 percent of economically disadvantaged and 53 percent of more affluent students for the same? How does that add up to 14.4 percent?? It doesn’t.[/quote]

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Ok. Clearly your math proficiency also isn't up to par. Did you miss the coursework on statistics and percentages?

The economically advantaged group is a SUBSET of the overall Maryland student population.

The blended rate of ALL MD students is 14.4% ELA proficiency. However, if you EXTRACT only the "economically-advantaged" students, THAT group has a 53% ELA proficiency.

They are distinct data points and you're not supposed to add them up to equal 100%....

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I think the point was that if 24% of “economically disadvantaged” students were proficient, and 53% of “economically advantaged” students were proficient, there’s no way to combine those numbers (regardless of the proportions in each group) to get a number that’s lower than either one is individually unless somehow those two groups aren’t the majority of the student population.  And to have a significantly larger share of “economically disadvantaged “ students score proficient than the state average?  I agree, the numbers don’t make sense.[/quote]

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