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[quote=Anonymous]Math testing for PARCC in middle school is a little complicated, but I think it goes like this:

"Middle School Math" is considered Math 6, 7, and 8.

"High School Math" is considered Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, etc.

Some kids are allowed to take High School Math in MS.  For most kids, this means taking Math 7 in 6th, Math 8 in 7th, and Algebra I in 8th.  So their first year taking "High School Math" is in 8th.  A small number of kids at certain schools will start "High School Math" in 7th, or even 6th, grade.

The way DCPS has it set up is that if you are enrolled in "Middle School Math" you take the PARCC test for your grade level, regardless of what class you are in. So, for example, a 6th grader taking Math 7 will still take the Math 6 PARCC.

But if you are enrolled in "High School Math" then you take the PARCC for that course. So, for example, an 8th grader taking Algebra would take the Algebra PARCC and not the Math 8 PARCC.

The result of this is that you have a lot of accelerated kids in 6th and 7th grade taking the PARCC test based on their grade level, which might be one or two levels below the course they are enrolled in.  So it would be fair to expect a lot of 5s on PARCC, especially from these accelerated kids.

By the time you get to 8th grade, all the accelerated kids are taking the PARCC that matches the course they are enrolled in, not their grade level. So the only kids left taking Math 8 PARCC are the non-accelerated kids.  So we would expect fewer 5s and more 1s, 2s, and 3s from those kids.  And this is why 8th grade math scores look comparatively grim across the board, even at schools like Deal.

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