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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I did try to model this a little bit, using OSSE's SY 21-22 PARCC spreadsheet.

It seems like, system-wide, 152 8th graders took the Geometry PARCC and 130 passed. 1014 8th graders took the Algebra I PARCC and 293 passed.  4015 8th graders took the 8th grade math PARCC and 299 passed. I'm not sure if a student in 8th can take more than one math PARCC test in a single year. Anyway, so that produces a 16% pass rate of kids passing the math PARCC that they took-- among kids that took a math PARCC at all. 822 out of 5181 kids.  I think 5181 is about equal to all the 8th graders, bearing in mind some take the MSAA. So yes, that isn't very good.

However, the kids who take Geometry and Algebra I classes are above the 8th grade math level, even if they don't do well on the PARCC that they do take. So if I add in the kids who got 3s on Geometry and Algebra I PARCC, then I'm adding +303 kids for Algebra I and +20 for Geometry. So that's 1145 kids out of 5181 bringing it up to 22%. So yes, again, not super good.

Of course, then there's the 8th graders who already took Algebra I in 6th or 7th grade, so they might in Algebra II in 8th grade, or even beyond it, but there's no middle school PARCC for Algebra II. I think that's about 50 kids, although maybe some of them are in Geometry, hard to say. Anyway, so all of that puts the percentage of 8th graders who could be considered to be on grade level or passing the math PARCC at about 20-25%. Interesting.[/quote]

I think you meant 722 out of 5181 (130+293+299) and 1045 out of 5181 (throwing in the 3s in Alg 1 and Geo). The more concerning number is 299 out of 4015 taking 8th grade math and passing. Something is broken.[/quote]

Well, I'm not sure... I used 399 as the figure for 8th grade math even though that's "All" for "Grades of Enrollment", but maybe I was wrong to do so... where did you get the 299 number from?

I agree the scores are terrible, big-picture, I'm just offering this analysis as an example of how it's a bit complicated to interpret.[/quote]

I see where you got the 299 (all grades number). But yes, I did this exercise last year and while it is a bit complicated, your overall conclusions are still correct -- 20-25% pass math PARCC. I don't know what is the proficiency rate for other school systems but 20-25% seems a bit (very?) low. While they may be different tests, the NAEP math proficiency for DC is 16% (8th graders). So either NAEP is missing the overachievers or PARCC is somewhat more rosy than the actual picture.[/quote]

It's interesting that NAEP is so different! Yes, 20-25% is pretty low, but it's hard to compare with other big-city school districts because others tend to include their suburbs to a greater extent than DC does, because of state lines. So I dunno.[/quote]

The NAEP v/s State level assessments comparisons are interesting. MA (the best) is at 32% proficient for state level assessment and 47% for NAEP whereas MD is at ~33% for both state-level and NAEP for 2019. DC is ~25% in both PARCC and NAEP for 2019 but the levels are different this year.[/quote]

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