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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][quote=Anonymous]My 8th graders results say "8th grade" in the corner of the test. Is the theory here that he was supposed to take the 7th grade test?[/quote]

In the right corner it gives the current grade level and in the left corner it should say which test was given.[/quote]
We just got our 8th grader's.

Wow..  really really bad.

94% "approaching expectations" Algebra -- 5% met; 1% exceeded
68% approaching 7th grade ELA - only 28% met ; 4% exceeded.

DC had gotten straight As during VL last year.

Totally abysmal. Who said there was little learning loss.

DC now 8th grade taking Geometry and getting straight As. But I'm really concerned that DC's Algebra knowledge (which is the foundation for upper level math) is really really weak.

What is MCPS going to do about that?  I guess I'll have to put DC in summer school for Algebra.

Total cluster f*[/quote]

We got ours too but they both got the top score. I guess making them attend class during the pandemic helped. [/quote]

Don’t you get it?  Scores were low globally.  That’s bad for everyone. You want everyone in Maryland to do well, not poorly. They will now have to spend more effort on remediation, which is terrible for your kid. [/quote]

This might make mcps think twice before reverting to virtual next time something happens . MCPS robbed our kids of learning and social emotional growth. I know parents here will flame me and counter with but my kidd learned and that must be poor parenting on your part etc.. but it is the truth. Our kids were robbed of 2 years of their childhood[/quote]
+1 And to the smug ^^PP.. my kid attended class *everyday*, but DC gets migraines, so couldn't look at the screen a lot of days without puking up their guts and spending the entire day in bed.  So F*OFF.  When they went hybrid, I begged the school to let DC go FT rather than half, and they didn't even bother replying back to me.

My kids are normally straight A students.[/quote]

Then, you get your kid a tutor or tutor them yourself.  And, lots of new  migraine medications on the  market if the traditional ones don't work.  [b]Screens daily are not triggering the migraines[/b].  She has a health issue that you  need to get treated.  There are 6 new preventatives and three new abortive out on the market on top of the triptans and other off use medications.[/quote]
You really are a fool.

https://www.wxyz.com/rebound/doctors-seeing-more-eye-strain-and-headaches-from-virtual-learning-and-screen-time-during-pandemic

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/childrens-national-hospital-studying-whether-increased-headaches-in-kids-is-connected-to-virtual-learning

Neurologist stated that those rx are pretty strong, and DC doesn't get them often enough without the screens to warrant those powerful drugs. I'm not  putting DC on powerful rx just because MCPS can't figure out how to educate kids without staring at the computer for 5 hours.

And yea, since MCPS didn't teach my kid Algebra to "meet expectations" (and a lot of other kids), now we will be going over it at home this summer.  Why the F* do I pay so much in taxes if I have to teach my kid myself because MCPS did a sh1tty job?[/quote]

OT, but this is EXACTLY who some of us would like to see more school choice in Montgomery County.

I feel exactly the same.  MCPS dropped the ball for Algebra last year and I spent hundreds of dollars on a tutor.  Why isn’t MCPS being held accountable?  And, if MCPS can’t teache my kid Algebra, give me a voucher to offset the cost of teaching my kid Algebra elsewhere.  [/quote]
You know, I was not really for school vouchers, but after the absolutely appalling test scores, I'm thinking school vouchers might be the way to go. Unfortunately, I don't think there are enough private schools to accommodate even a quarter of the 160K students in MCPS. [b]But I am pretty pi$$ed that I pay a sh1t ton in taxes for crappy service[/b].[/quote]

Rightfully so.

If the majority of our kids can’t perform at grade level, then clearly MCPS is failing our kids.  If our kids are taking Algebra, getting As, but not learning the material, then cleared MCPS is failing to provide the service that it is supposed to.

Let my kid take Algebra (or Geometry or Calculus) elsewhere and reimburse me for that cost.

I’m happy to have her take a test to prove that she understands the material.   [/quote]

+1.  And through the Blueprint for Maryland (Kirwan Commission) the extra 4 billion is rewarding public schools for this poor education.  Vouchers would be much more cost effective way to shock the bureaucracy.  It’s not about private schools educating all these kids - it’s simply about taking many of them away so they actually teach again.[/quote]

Do you  even live in MoCo?  Even if they gave out vouchers, there are only a handful of schools in the county to go to and any good school is always full.

Pay of your own math class like the rest of us do.  MCPS is offering free tutoring.  Use it.[/quote]

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