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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone analyzed AP score performance for kids who start before vs. after labor day?   Because losing weeks of instructional time is not peanuts.[/quote]

Does anyone with half a brain actually realize that when MCPS starts a week early, by the time they get to May for the tests, they would have been in school the SAME EXACT amount of time if they started a week later.  We are talking a 4 day difference that with the earlier schedule and there is 3 full days off for marking period grades, occasional EID, and usually a longer Spring Break.

But even schools that start in early to mid Aug do not have higher scores. The reality is most fail across the country,  unless they teach themselves. [/quote]

Most people with half a brain realize that breaks are good for kids.  They get down-time and time to absorb material.  To actually analyze the effect of the start date, you would need to look at the link between test scores and start dates, while also controlling for demographics.  I don't think anyone has done that.  But someone who insists that kids are teaching themselves wouldn't understand that.[/quote]

LOL.

Oh, so now that you realize there are no actual extra instructional days, we are moving on to “kids need more days off to process the information” to get a better AP score.  I didn’t realize they were all home processing things on their random days off. Gotcha!

Oh and I guess families with ES kids should pay for daycare those extra days - so high schoolers who may be taking AP’s can process the material. Seems fair. [/quote]

I'm an elementary school parent.  I have to pay for care whether it's in the summer or the winter.  We're not discussing adding instructional days to the school calendar.  I don't mind that we get longer breaks.  [b]Even my little kids can do with a full week of spring break, and come back to school refreshed.  I imagine it will be doubly true when they're older and have a lot of homework stresses and exams.[/b][/quote]
Yes... my teen wants a longer spring break.  A few years ago, DS was burnt out. When we had the longer spring break, DS went back to school much more relaxed.

From this perspective, year round school would be great -- more frequent breaks in between quarters.[/quote]

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