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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This makes no sense. Is this fake? How could they announce something like this at the last minute for the current class?[/quote]
It’s not last minute- this has been the state’s plan for several years and they even delayed implementation by a year.

The first year that MISA (all 3 years of HS science) was supposed to require passing was 11th graders in 2021 (class of 2022). They were going to use the spring 2020 data to do cut scores. They got some data from January 2020, but then the pandemic happened so no full data set. Meanwhile, the state looked at the data they got and said nevermind, let’s go back to testing just the biology  (life sciences) which is now called L-MISA. Kids have been taking it, but not required to meet a cut score.

The new idea for both Government and Biology is that the state test results will be incorporated into the course grade (20%), and students still have to pass the course. Class of 2027 is the first class with this new process. By not having the test score separate, the state eliminates the whole “bridge project” thing for kids who can’t pass a test.

The state still hasn’t told MCPS how the test score will be incorporated into the semester grades. (Other counties just give a full year grade.) It’s also unclear how quickly test results will turn around and how/when that gets folded into the final grade. Should be fun next summer when that finally hits …[/quote]

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