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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think actually there has been quite a lot of discussion of growth scores on here.

Thing that bothers me is when I see PARCC a bit over valued. I wish we had other metrics as well aside from things like attendance, re-enrollment. We're really putting a lot of weight on this one metric. [/quote]

Such as?[/quote]

I'm honestly not sure, I was hoping one of the education wonks had an idea.

At the least, I think the scores should be broken down by not only growth but things like number of at-risk and FARM students, so that the raw PARCC score is used in conjunction with these factors. It's like someone said - we're just going to end up with a list that tracks perfectly with the socioeconomic background of the students.

I have a friend whose heart is set on one particular school, and because of PARCC won't consider even any charter schools. I've had a hard time explaining why I think this is misguided. [/quote]

What if you could see things like:

“School A is really good at teaching kids with special needs, but only average at teaching ELL students.”
“School B has really high growth at bringing kids from way behind grade to grade level.”
“School C has really high growth with students who are starting the year at or above grade level.”[/quote]

Wouldn't that be so great! That is what parents seem to want - to know what school is ideal for THEIR kid.

What about a short narrative:

School A teachers SN kids particularly well, is very diverse, has high re-enrollment, and uses an alternative or nontraditional teaching method. Staff turnover is high, but parent re-enrollment also high. Compared to other schools it has better than average growth scores for students who score 4 or 5 on PARCC. However, it had very few students score 5 in math on PARCC.

I guess this is what a parent is supposed to piece together themselves from the card, but, instead I bet they basically look at the star rating and then maybe the race and at risk, then move on.

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My understanding is that you will be able to tell that - not on the overall Stars but by subgroup. So my school could be a 4-Star overall but could also be a 5-star for at-risk or special needs. It's not the same as the narrative you describe (which would be fantastic) but could still be very helpful to parents. [/quote]

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