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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/k-12/bs-md-maryland-parcc-scores-20180828-htmlstory.html

You can look up schools here. I just looked up Rachel Carson/Quince Orchard which is an area that we are considering.

It doesn't make sense why the % of kids failing to reach proficiency is so high. RC is in the 60s (E 57-69 and M 52-70)but the FARMS rate is very low. QO is 64 for English and 13 for Algebra. NW which has many more FARMS students is almost identical.

Piney Branch is in the 40s BUT there are at least 4 times more FARMS students at PB. Blair is 54 for English and 5.0 for Algebra but again there are lots of FARMS students. [/quote]

My understanding is that the Algebra scores are jacked because they are only looking at kids who take Algebra in HS.  I think the "on grade level" curriculum currently has students taking Algebra in 8th grade, and many take it in 7th.  They are not counted in a HS's Algebra pass rate.  I'm not sure exactly how it works, just that the kids taking algebra in middle school mess up the numbers in some way.[/quote]

Yes, this is a big problem for math but doesn't explain ELA. I think it is a curriculum problem. Mcps doesn't align with PARCC expectations. My child consistently gets high 4/low 5 on Math in ES. Always high 3 on ELA. Always has trouble with the writing part according to the report. Reads above level but can't write. I plan to get a tutor this year.[/quote]

Last year mCPS announced getting rid of PARCC (last of the majority of districts to cease using buddy buddy Pearson's PARCC test). What is the replacement going to be? Are they reverse engineering the "curriculum" to score well yet?[/quote]

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