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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The students at Whitman did blow off the PARC test and choose to not try at all. My DC goes there and said that the general atmosphere was kids bubbling in random answers, writing random essays and listening to music during the test. But this is not only the students fault! The teachers actively encouraged them to not take it seriously! My child's English teacher told them it doesn't matter and they don't have to really try because they don't have to actually pass. The teacher was laughing about how the school board used the word "sit" as in they only need to "sit" through the tests, not pass them. Other teachers made similar comments and basically implied that students should not try their hardest. Say what you will about what that says about the school but don't put the whole blame on the students. Regardless, this year the atmosphere was very different because the tests actually counted. Whitman's scores will probably go way up as will their Great Schools rating.[/quote]

Someone posted something similar on the earlier thread about Whitman's scores, about it being on the staff.

And in another thread about the principal at Churchill, I mentioned how I always thought that some of the staff at Whitman just kind of slid by based on the student's performance.  This kind of reinforces that.

In the bigger picture of things, especially those of us that live in the area, we know that Great Schools rating have to be taken with a grain of salt and know that it's pretty unlikely that Whitman is how some people might picture a school with a rating of 4.

But I do know some people that moved here from out of the area for temporary contract work and used the Great Schools ratings as one of the determining factors on where to live and send their kids to school.  And at the time, they were familiar with Whitman and was one of the schools they considered if they chose Montgomery County.

And while some people in the community may not care, there are others that apparent do.  Which is probably why the principal had to release the letter about the school's performance in PARCC.
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