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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The students at Whitman did blow off the PARC test and choose to not try at all. My DC goes there and said that the general atmosphere was kids bubbling in random answers, writing random essays and listening to music during the test. But this is not only the students fault! The teachers actively encouraged them to not take it seriously! My child's English teacher told them it doesn't matter and they don't have to really try because they don't have to actually pass. The teacher was laughing about how the school board used the word "sit" as in they only need to "sit" through the tests, not pass them. Other teachers made similar comments and basically implied that students should not try their hardest. Say what you will about what that says about the school but don't put the whole blame on the students. Regardless, this year the atmosphere was very different because the tests actually counted. Whitman's scores will probably go way up as will their Great Schools rating.[/quote]
lol... but of course, if the non W HS PARCC scores are low it's because the kids are just dumb, it's a bad school, even though they really tried hard. [/quote]

Pretty convenient, huh?  :lol: [/quote]

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