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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree that NEAP scores are more meaningful than SOLs. [/quote]

Link for APS? I could only find the VA report. [/quote]
It's in the OP of this thread for goodness sakes.  And no, SOL scores are not going up.  At best they're flat and well down from pre-pandemic scores.  APS seems just to be waiting for those old scores to roll off the reports so they can pretend the new lower scores are terrific.[/quote]

Those aren’t the NAEP scores. Are you really sure that the “NAEP scores are more meaningful” if you don’t even know what they are?  
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I know it doesn’t fit the narrative here but SOL scores did go up: 
https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/arlington-county-public-schools[/b]
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They changed the cutoff.  And they are far below pre-pandemic levels.  Look at the plots liked in the OP.

NAEP is only statewide.  There's nothing specifically for Arlington.  [/quote]

So a statewide report on 4th & 8th graders is more meaningful than APS SOLs? Ok…

Hasn’t the pass score for SOL always been 400? Link for SOL cutoff changes?

Or is that BS narrative too?

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You're definitely mixing up posters.  Save your ire and do your own googling.

VA SOL scores are normalized to a 400 score to pass, but the number of questions a student has to answer correctly to get that 400 has been changed by state administrations trying to fluff up their scores.

[url]https://www.mysbma.org/news/13476063[/url][/quote]

That op-ed doesn’t provide any evidence. Just RWNJ whining. 
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So do your own searching.  There's really no argument that APS math scores are up--Duran literally had to present at the school board meeting that math scores are down and he put this in a district wide email to parents, including a toothless remediation plan to "assess" and support students with the largest need.  Do we really need to search for other evidence?  [/quote]

I'm not the one making a claim about SOL score "fluffing". Standardized tests routinely get re-normed.

Again, this is only the second year of MAP testing. It's certainly something to watch and Duran should address any issues raised but I wouldn't draw any huge conclusions after comparing just two years of data.

Recap: 
- APS SOL scores have been [b]increasing[/b] each year since the pandemic. 
- MAP testing is down a bit but it's only the second year with this new test so too soon to draw conclusions. 
- Republicans are full of sht and make up lies about math departments and score fluffing. 
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I’m a Democrat and can tell that scores are decreasing. Cut the crap.

But instead of vouchers, we should increase funding to public schools.

The first step is admitting there’s a problem though.[/quote]

You can "tell". OK...

Which scores are decreasing? The MAP scores? Again, this is only the second year with this test. 
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I can “tell” because I’m capable of reading Duran’s slide. [/quote]

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