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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the record, McKinley’s PARCC scores are higher than Jackson-Reed’s.

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Look at AP pass rates at Jackson-Reed vs McKinley.  JR has way better pass rates and kids scoring 4 and 5 and on far more AP tests.  64% of JR kids with 50% of the school taking are passing or above while only 25% of McKinley kids with about 44% of the school taking at least 1 test.

HS PARCC is misleading because I believe it stops Algebra II and you have plenty of JR kids finishing Algebra II in 9th or coming in at precalc, so some of the smarter kids aren’t taking the test.[/quote]

Where is the AP data from?  McKinley requires all students to take 2 AP classes so I’m confused where the data saying only 44% of McKinley kids take AP’s cone from.

I would also argue that if 25% of students in a class are passing the AP exam that actually means the class is providing the needed level of rigor for students to pass the exam?  I really doubt 25% of the students at McKinley are self-studying their way to a high AP score.  [/quote]

It isn’t saying only 44% of the kids taking the class, that stat is what % of the entire school took an AP test.

Same with JR.  For both schools, if you take the class you are required to take the test…although at JR there are definitely seniors skipping AP tests if it won’t give them any credit at their specific college and the teacher isn’t too crazy about it.[/quote]

But that 44% is incorrect.  McKinley requires 2 AP classes to be taken as a graduation requirement.  So 100% of McKinley students take 2 AP’s unless they transfer out before graduation.[/quote]

But not in any given year.  The AP pass rates were for 2022/23 school year.  In that one year, 44% of McKinley kids took at least 1 AP test.

I would imagine few to none take AP tests as Sophs and Freshman so that’s 50% of the school right there.  So, 44/50 took an AP test or 88%.

I was taking the absolute number and dividing by total school population.  It’s possible Fresh and Soph grades are larger than later grades.  That is common because kids leave, but few new kids if any take their place at higher grades.[/quote]

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