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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's going to be very interesting to see how they do this, especially given the state-wide high school Biology MCAP scores in 2022 had only 3.5% scoring a level 4 (highest), 31.6% with a level 3 (proficient), 40.5% at level 2, and 24.4% at level 1.

That's going to really affect semester grades, and also seems like an indication that [b]the test may not be well aligned to how the classes are being taught.[/b]

https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/[/quote]

This should be the real concern.  Are there things in the state standard that are missing or poorly covered by the MCPS curriculum (whether standard, honors or AP)?  If not, and if the tests are not poorly written, then the shock of the high non-proficiency rate may simply be due to ongoing grade inflation.

I'm not sure I'm a fan of semester grading in the first place.  It's a double-edged sword.[/quote]

I have a HS science kid who has been in the guinea pig MISA group (take it, but it doesn't count), and she stated that different questions on the Bio test were (a) incomprehensible, (b) not based on the factual reading given and (c) flatly wrong. We have a younger sibling and I am not looking forward to this transition. It is not a good test, and the score should certainly not affect GPA. The state is way off on this one.[/quote]

That has been the feedback my kids have given about all the MCAPs. It’s not even a matter of whether the material was covered (which in many cases, it wasn’t). [/quote]

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