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[quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t read a huge amount into the DC Cape science results.  I am a HS biology teacher whose students take the HS science cape (and previously the DC Science test).

The science test does not contribute to the school’s ratings or teacher ratings.  Admin therefore don’t care about it.  At my school the science test is given first in the testing window to allow all the kinks with that year’s testing to be worked out.  Unlike ELA and math where content is a bit more spiraled the science test is based only on their biology course and is given when there is still 1/4 of the year remains to teach additional content.  The blueprint for the test available to me lists 4 major topics and the percent of the test in each (I.e. evolution 25%).  That is it.  Despite asking both my admin and central office each year I have never once been able to get a report listing all of my students and their overall scores (let alone any breakdown on how they do in different subsections).  There are no incentives at the student, teacher or school level to care about the test.  As far as I can tell this is the first time the school averages have even been publicly available in any easy to view form and despite being listed on the report care do not contribute to the school score.  [/quote]

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