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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I were the parent of a child who is too young for the testing grades or just entering the lottery, the only pieces of this I would pay attention to are attendance, re-enrollment and the CLASS scores (Classroom organization, emotional support, instructional support).

And maybe whether there is a parent organization.

Also if your school has 1 or more self-contained classrooms for children with special needs, know that the STAR score is likely to be lower than it would be otherwise. [/quote]

This, but you can't trust the site! We are trying to get them to post our parent organization.

It is really unfair how the special needs scores are rolled into the total with no context.  It works as a disincentive to schools to offer those classrooms.  [/quote]

Disagree re special needs rolling into the total score. For 10-15 years schools could choose not to test or report scores for students with disabilities -- and as the adage says, what is measured matters. When students didn't 'count' then they didn't get supports and no one was paying much attention to whether they were learning or not.

With these report card growth is really important -- and we should all care whether students with disabilities are making progress. If they are, then the overall score won't be affected as much. Also, many students with special needs are high achievers on standardized testing so you can't generalize.

What would be useful would be to take into consideration - or at least show the average level of SN (level 1 to 4). Schools with kids with primarily speech/language, ADHD, or anxiety (all of which are disabilities that qualify you for a special need) are very different from students with complex medical conditions or autism. There are alternative assessments for more severely impacted students, and there is a testing opt-out procedure for very rare cases.

Finally, DCPS places these classrooms where there is room, and pretty evenly around the city so that students with disabilities can attend school as close to their homes as possible. The schools don't have much choice whether to host these programs or not, which is a good thing IMO. [/quote]

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