Reply to No more final exams in mcps middle schools (high schools are next)

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "No more final exams in mcps middle schools (high schools are next)"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like all high school exams will be replaced with centrally created assessments. This is the end of quality instruction, folks. Central office will make high school students who will be unable to perform in college.

http://www.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/9Y733R706C81/$file/Assessment%20Strategy.pdf[/quote]

The finals were all centralized anyways...[/quote]

No they weren't. Only core classes had centralized finals.[/quote]

OK..just SS, math, English, Science, Langauges..that is the majority of  kids schedules in HS.  You are right..no finals in PE and Pottery.[/quote]

THREE of the SEVENTEEN science courses taught at our school have centralized exams and all have finals. [/quote]

All grade-level English classes have county exams (9-12, both semesters). The electives don't, but many teachers assign culminating projects (theatre, for example, where kids perform a scene)

Years ago, we were given course objectives which guided us in creating lessons, and of course, we wrote the exams (three in English -for honors, on level and "skills").  Once the Core Learning Goals were introduced by the state, the guides became centralized. The CLGs were then replaced by the Common Core Standards. Either way - whether you follow the guides or not - you must teach the standards.  All tasks can be adapted (or revised entirely) to fit the needs of the students.

But the exams are written to mirror the tasks (writing an argument, for example) and to address the CC standards.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics