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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]However, some kids are not good test takers and are hurt when their grades mean less because the system isn’t accurately reflecting their hard work and knowledge. [/quote]

Your child is not a ‘bad test taker’ - your child is reaching his/her cognitive limits. Please be honest and recognize that. 
Please. [/quote]

My child doesn't go to MCPS--I follow this forum because I'm MCPS staff. My child has a 132 IQ and straight As at a rigorous private. I can assure you that my child chokes on standardized exams -- anxiety gets in her way. Everyone has cognitive limits--but standardized tests don't happen to reflect hers. You're pretty ignorant. Be honest and recognize that.[/quote]

You don't trust the county to educate your kid?

just curious[/quote]

I do not. Not at all. I don't like working in the county anymore either, though, so I'll be changing that up too. It's a shame.[/quote]

New PP chiming in - I recently moved my child to a private for high school.  Still have one child in a lower grade in MCPS, hence why I follow this forum.  The private high school gives final exams as a way to prepare kids for important cumulative exams in college.  Resiliency needs to be practiced and learned in high school or children will have a rude awakening when they reach college.

One problem in the transfer was educational gaps found with the pre-enrollment assessments the private school gave my child.  The good thing about these assessments is that it let the teachers know what needed to be taught so my child was on the same level as other kids in her class.  The private does the tests for everyone entering in the school, but they have identified specific issues from MCPS transfers because of the years of MCPS lacking a well designed and vetted curriculum.  My child was an honors student who received mostly As in MCPS but really needed extra support to fill in MCPS educational gaps for the first marking period in private.  I would say she will be better prepared for college because of the transfer to a private school.

Another benefit of private is the moral of the staff.  The teaching staff is recognized as professionals and they are not micromanaged like MCPS teachers.  Many have Ph.D.s in the subject area and have taught at local universities.  They are highly skilled in their profession but have the opportunity to connect individually with children because of the smaller class sizes at a private school.  My child's largest class has 18 students.
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