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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WTAF Walls? 9th graders are the students who were selected based on scores and interviews, and 7 months in, they can't scrounge up better than 29% proficient in math?? [/quote]

This is why there should be an admissions test …[/quote]

Well you have to understand how the math PARCC works. It only tests Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry. So if a kid came in for 9th grade having completed Algebra II, they might not show up in the test scores at all. What you're seeing in all high school PARCC summaries is basically the lower half of the math students. I agree that math scores in DC generally aren't so hot, but it's not the case that most Walls students are failing math. Many are taking other math classes, so they don't take the PARCC for math. Just one of the many reasons the PARCC is a worthless test.[/quote]

If your school's test scores are low, attack the test.

Got it.

P.S. Everyone takes the same test in DC.[/quote]

No they don't take the same test! They take the test for the class that they're in, not the grade that they're in. And if they aren't in one of the classes tested, they don't take the math PARCC at all. PARCC sucks and everyone should feel free to attack it. I'm not a Walls parent btw. I just want people to actually look at the data and try to understand what it measures and what it does not measure.[/quote]

I am not understanding the excuses in this thread.  Every kid at Walls had a 3.8 or higher GPA to get in.  Yet a big chunk of these kids can't pass the PARCC test for the math class they are taking in 9th grade?  This . . .. does not seem good.[/quote]

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