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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s just use common sense here-  look at the CAPE scores for most schools.  They are low to put it mildly.  Do you see 15 year olds in your child’s 6th grade class because they were held behind for years for not passing the CAPE? No.  DCPS consistently graduates kids who cannot read or do math on grade level.  They do not make kids repeat a grade for CAPE.  The test means nothing for your student but everything for the teachers, administrators and superintendent of your school.  [/quote]

The place this breaks down, though, is accelerated math at Deal. In my kid’s year there were 89 8th graders who took the geometry PARCC. 85 tested proficient, with 19 scoring 5s. However they’re doing it, Deal seems to be making sure that the kids they accelerate actually learn the material. [/quote]

Not at Deal, but at our schools there are certain benchmarks required to get into Algebra in 7th, including iReady scores from 6th grade, teacher input, some extra work/lessons the summer before 7th, as well as a paper test before the 7th grade year starts. Only the school has access to iReady or PARCC/CAPE scores but I would guess there is a pretty high overlap with the group of kids who qualify based on iReady, summer work, and a paper test, and with the kids who get 4s and 5s on CAPE. So the schools may not use CAPE scores, b/c those don't come through until fall anyway, and by then the classes are already formed for algebra. [/quote]

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