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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If people are judging public schools in MD based on MCAP scores, you can stop there. MCAP, at least the English test, is a series of random reading passages about random topics. It doesn't test what students are being taught in class. Why? Every MD district has a different curriculum. So your 3rd grader might have spent his/her year reading a few different novels and then is tested on random reading passages that have nothing to do with what they were taught. Who will do well on tests of general knowledge? Wealthier kids who travel, read outside of school, speak English proficiently, etc. It's not rocket science why students aren't testing at the proficient level.

It would be like you spending a school year reading four novels and then you are tested on reading passages about humpback whales, female inventors in the 20th century, early pioneers, space exploration. You have not studied these topics but you might know something about them if you have the background knowledge. Either the entire state adopts the same curriculum or districts need to give tests based on what students are being taught in that curriculum.[/quote]

Spending multiple days doing useless tests seems like a problem in itself.[/quote]

You're complaining that MCPS is complying with state and federal law?[/quote]

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