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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]oic, for MCPS:

[b]31%  avg math proficiency for grades 3–8,[/b]
53% avg ELA proficiency for grades 3–8.

great to be front of the pack, mcps[/quote]

That is SO bad.  And incredibly disheartening.  Is it simply due to demographic changes, or is there more to it?  And, why isn't MCPS discussing this?  I'd like to see some media coverage of these abysmal results, if anyone out there has access to a media outlet.

MCPS spends an obscene amount of money per pupil - is this the best MCPS has to offer?  [/quote]

Well, not really; it's 31%, according to the random people who simply made up this test. It's not like anyone ever took it and got over 50% anywhere. It's just a bad test the state made up and is now pushing on kids. They need to go back to the PARC which at least was reliable and you could see how our state compared with others.[/quote]

Well then how do you explain other counties doing consistently better?[/quote]
Which other counties are doing consistently better, since this is just the 2nd year they have given this test?[/quote]
PARCC, MCAP, not that different, and they've been conducting those state level exams for several years.  And there are a few counties that consistently do better.   I don't know what their FARMs look like, but if it's on par with MCPS, then really, there's no excuse.[/quote]

Except they're different tests. One has been used extensively whereas the other is new and unproven.[/quote]
The Alg test was used by all MD counties, yet several other counties fared better.  [/quote]

I'm not sure that a bulk average for the county is all that meaningful especially on a test like this which is dubious to begin with.[/quote]
Still doesn't explain why a less wealthy county did better than MCPS.[/quote]

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