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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone addressed the possibility of there being some kind of error in the test or the scoring of it? Even with the pandemic and reduced curriculum, I find it difficult to believe that 94% would fail to meet standards. Can we see the questions and answers?[/quote]
I doubt there is an error given that this is playing out across the country.  VL sucked, period.  [/quote]

VL is not the problem.  Mcps and parents were.  Parents screamed about screen time, mental health and all that nonsense so class time was reduced and no homework.  You need practice in math.  Practice means homework.  And, if kids did not participate that is on the parents.  Mcps needs to stop listening to parents who are hurting our kids.  [/quote]

I agree that this is part of the problem. Not parents, necessarily, but a certain skewed portrayal of society by the media.

MCPS is listening to a certain tranche of "experts" and the media, who need drama to get their clientele/viewership/readership, and who go all in on the students' need for emotional support and STEM enrichment. MCPS, who has always been very politic and PR-oriented, invested in that crap, and this is the result.

I'm a research scientist. I would prefer kids focus on great writing skills and great mathematical skills, instead of distracting themselves with a variety of fluff. Even the K-12 science curriculum contains a lot of fluff. I can't teach undergrads who come in with poor critical thinking skills, yet who tell me they've had genetics, environmental science, anatomy, forensics, etc, in high school. They haven't gotten anything out of those classes, because their foundational mathematics, reading comprehension and writing skills are POOR.

Let's focus on what really matters, people.[/quote]

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