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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think actually there has been quite a lot of discussion of growth scores on here.

Thing that bothers me is when I see PARCC a bit over valued. I wish we had other metrics as well aside from things like attendance, re-enrollment. We're really putting a lot of weight on this one metric. [/quote]

Such as?[/quote]

I'm honestly not sure, I was hoping one of the education wonks had an idea.

At the least, I think the scores should be broken down by not only growth but things like number of at-risk and FARM students, so that the raw PARCC score is used in conjunction with these factors. It's like someone said - we're just going to end up with a list that tracks perfectly with the socioeconomic background of the students.

I have a friend whose heart is set on one particular school, and because of PARCC won't consider even any charter schools. I've had a hard time explaining why I think this is misguided. [/quote]

What if you could see things like:

“School A is really good at teaching kids with special needs, but only average at teaching ELL students.”
“School B has really high growth at bringing kids from way behind grade to grade level.”
“School C has really high growth with students who are starting the year at or above grade level.”[/quote]

Read the detailed document. Performance of subgroups is a factor in the STAR report card formula. For example, SN students perform on PARCC is weighted 2x more than ELLs or economically disadvantaged students. It is a more complex formula than the way DCPS and charters are scored now. [/quote]

Then the work is already done. Just delete the overall star part and the reliance on proficiency scores.  Let people see what really matters to them.
We don't need the stigma of a low star school if it actually works really well for their kid.[/quote]

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