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[quote=Anonymous]I can only speak for the English MCAP. Many counties in Maryland use Pearson for their English curriculum. Pearson makes the PARCC and MCAP. The  tests are basically the same… MCAP is just a bit shorter. There is no difference in the quality of texts or questions.  For whatever reason MCPS decided not to use Pearson. Instead they use McGraw Hill (aka  the  Study Sync curriculum). Study Sync is dry, overly simplistic, and does not at all align with the Maryland standards or assessment. The switch to Study Sync happened right  around COVID when state testing data wasn’t really being looked at. Last school year was the first year since the pandemic when all schools were expected to take the MCAP. There was a noticeable decline in English scores across grade level in MCPS. Rather than take a closer look at the curriculum, many decided to blame the MCAP test for the decline. Which is ridiculous. Other counties made gains, MCPS did not so…the immediate reaction was to scapegoat the test. The test is not flawed, in fact, it’s an improvement over the PARCC because the sessions are shorter. The switch to MCAP was because teachers and students complained that the PARCC was too long, both in section length and time. [/quote]

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