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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anonymous grading would be a fair amount of work but [b]running analysis of grades broken down by different categories like gender and race should just be part of a standard process a principal or curriculum head does every quarter. MCPS could easily generate this data for each school and send it to the principal each quarter.[/b]

You can't have true equity without understanding what is going on in terms of grading.[/quote]
They already do this. That is the purpose of the required district assessments (progress checks, common writing tasks, etc.) which are run per the calendars below and stay under the state law requirements on amount of required testing time. The data is in an internal system called Performance matters and it can be dissected every which way demographically. Current teachers can see all past data for their current students to assist with planning. Schools use the data as part of their school improvement plans. This is also the data that is reported at the BOE level and monitored for progress.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/sharedaccountability/testing/es_assessmenttimeline.pdf
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/sharedaccountability/testing/ms_assessmenttimeline.pdf
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/sharedaccountability/testing/hs_assessmenttimeline.pdf

[quote]You don't sound very bright. This does not require a "huge study." This would take a few hours on a spreadsheet.[/quote]
To this PP - ummm, you are the one who seems dim. You are talking about analyzing the grades that have been reported. In order to see if there is bias in the actual grading of assignments, you need to get the actual written work of students and have an independent process to grade them separately and compare against the teacher's grades.[/quote]

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