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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've looked at a handful of schools, and the science scores are across the board lower than ELA or math. I know it's a new test--and I know I've only looked at a few schools, but it does also say that on math and ELA, a 4 is "meets grade-level expectations," but for science, it's a 3.

I wonder if the science test needs to be redesigned to better reflect the curricula schools are teaching.[/quote]

Overall, the CAPE is a terrible test and we're the only ones who use it, so why it's not fine tuned to our curricula is beyond me.  We really need to just start using what either VA or MD use so apples to apples comparisons are possible.[/quote]

My understanding is Pearson sold off PARCC and the company they sold it to (New Meridian?) probably stopped supporting PARCC when everyone else dropped out. The CAPE test (ELA and Math) is exactly the same test as PARCC so I think DCPS bought the remaining tests and renamed it CAPE. At some point they will run out of tests so they will have to start making their own. At that point we’ll see scores go up as test quality and rigor go down. Unless they replace it with another major test that already exists, DC doesn’t have the resources to develop this kind of test.

The CAPE science test is the same as DC Science, at least for 5th grade. The questions are mostly if not all scenario based with written response. Think like a data table of the temperature over a year and kids have to explain why the temperature changes. It’s fairly complex, involves a lot of reading and writing, and is long.

DC also moved from 4/5 on PARCC being passing to 3/4/5. It’s probably a more accurate representation of passing, but they also lowered the bar. [/quote]

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