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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please understand that this test is not in line with the county’s curriculum. It is meant to be a screener. It also is a poor format for a test, because if kids get bored or accidentally hit the wrong answer and can’t fix it, it looks like they did worse than they really are capable of. I have seen so many kids just skim the screen and pick an answer to get it over with, especially they think recess time is coming and they might miss it. They won’t, but they think that. This kind of test really depends on the motivation and work habits of the kid, and especially for math, if they took the time to use scrap paper to write a problem out. Don’t panic about these scores.

If you are really concerned, ask for a parent conference and ask to see work samples of what your kid can do in class.

I’ve never seen a teacher pay much attention to these test scores, because we know it’s a poor assessment. The conscientious kids do well, and the others just click away to get done. [/quote]

OK, but if the scores are drastically different county-wide this year, that says something about how the county's curriculum is performing or how poorly kids did with virtual and hybrid. Did not having teacher led instruction on Mondays hurt? If the scores are generally lower, then maybe it did. That sort of thing.

Individually it may mean squat, but at an entire district level compared to 2019 it means something.[/quote]

Scores are always vastly different. Schools serving more FARMs students have lower scores in iReady and the SOLs, and probably any other screener that they might use, then schools serving fewer FARMS students. It tells us exactly what we already know, kids who come from families with money and/or educated parents do better in school then kids from poorer families and whose parents are not educated.

Kids from wealthier and or better educated families had more enrichment at home because their parents could afford to provide and/or could provide it on their own. They read to their kids, played number games with their kids, and probably found different experiences that were educational in some fashion. Their kids started kindergarten knowing their letters and numbers, probably writing or reading a bit,. They knew their shapes and colors. They probably attended a preschool and knew the basics of classroom behavior.

Kids from poorer and/or less educated families probably did not know their letters, numbers, shapes, or colors when they started Kindergarten. They probably did not know how to behave in a classroom. They start school behind the kids from wealthier families.

But we know this.

I would guess that the already existing gaps grew after last year. [/quote]

The number of FARMs students did not change that much between 2019 and now. So if the whole county sees a drop in scores or an increase in kids below the intervention level, something county-wide caused a change. Maybe something like basically canceling school in spring 2020 and having only 4 days of school all last year, much of that not in the building. Maybe...

You'd need the full data to tell.[/quote]

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