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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tend to think smart kids with average teaching will score 4s.  Smart kids with very good/effective teachers may score 5s.  A high concentration of 5s shows you something about the teaching quality.[/quote]

CAPE/PARCC is a weird test. My kid scored high on it only because his 3rd grade teacher spent a month teaching all the tricks -- like put a quote somewhere in your essay because the graders are looking for a quote, etc. I guess this has to do with teaching quality? But more like he had a good teacher who knew how to teach to the test.[/quote]

Then that is a big red flag.  I would look at other schools.

Our school does not teach to the test at all.  Parents get communication that there is going to be testing coming up.  School recommends kids get good nights rest and that’s it.  Our kids do well.

Teaching to the test only gets you so far.  It is not going to get you top scores especially higher up in the grades.  This is true in ELA and especially true in math.[/quote]

I would argue teaching 3rd graders how to Quote evidence from a source in a written essay is not teaching to the test but important writing instruction.  My 3rd grader would not naturally know how to do that without instruction.  I don’t see anything wrong with a teacher knowing that the 3rd grade writing for Cape expects quoted evidence and teaching kids how to do that.[/quote]

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