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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In no way are teachers evaluated by MCAP data. We don’t even get the results until well after the year ends. When we analyze data, we look at our current class. So if I’m a 4th grade teacher, the 5th grade teachers are the ones that get the results and look for trends for my current class.

MCAP is a complete waste of time and should just be traded in for something like MAP.[/quote]

Evaluation can be done for the following year. If you didn't do well one year, fine, they'll give you a pass that year and transfer or let you go the following year.

State is required to assess students. Back in our day it was the Iowa state test or something. Now it's called this. [/quote]

This is not how teacher evaluation happens. Teachers are evaluated based on observations. In my 25 year career, I’ve never had an administrator bring up past test scores. [b]However, that might be because I am in a Title 1 school, so our goal is only growth as most of our kids have no chance of passing.[/b][/quote]

Depressing this is coming from an educator. Children rise to the level of their expectations.[/quote]

If you’re not in a title 1 School, you probably shouldn’t comment. Growth is always the goal! These tests are written at a very high level, especially for children where English is not their first language. I have multiple kids in my fifth grade class who are still using their fingers to add five and four. If I can somehow get them from a pre-kindergarten level to a third grade level you better believe that is success! Will they do well on the test? No, of course not. But that’s OK. The children are growing and that’s the goal of education.

And it does not help to have ignorant people like you stating that teachers don’t have high enough expectations. The expectation that we somehow take children who have never had an education, cannot read in their home language, do not know how to read or speak English, and have not been exposed to any math and just be able to teach them at grade level just because we have high expectations is ridiculous. Oh, and of course, let’s not forget that the test is in English![/quote]

Thank you. I'm a parent in a cluster with many Title 1 schools and the toxic positivity of people who just parrot that we don't have enough expectations for our kids is not helpful.

Should we push beyond what our kids think they're capable of? Absolutely. But that's going to look DIFFERENT for each kid. Context matters. Their starting point matters!

Insisting "all kids should be able to access grade level content" when said children are 2 or 3 grade levels behind is UNREALISTIC and UNHELPFUL.

Your approach, which focuses on improvement, is much more logical.

However, what I think MCPS should be doing, which they don't do, is also develop meaningful and rigorous remedial supports that ensure kids who are behind don't stay behind forever. That could look like requiring summer sessions for kids who are 1-2 grade levels behind. [/quote]

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