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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year's CAPE spreadsheet has grade levels. I'm sad that it isn't part of the current year's data.

Last year, McKinley Tech also doesn't have Algebra II CAPE scores. They did have 111 9th graders take the Algebra I CAPE, and 78 9th graders take the Geometry CAPE. So that's basically all the 9th graders. And also 139 10th graders took the Geometry CAPE. I would think the remaining 10th graders took the Geometry CAPE in 9th grade. Nobody in 11th and 12th grades took math CAPE. [/quote]

+1. There are basically no 9th graders there not taking a math CAPE. This is not what's driving the overall numbers. [/quote]

Well, it becomes a question of what's considered "grade level" for the different math courses in different grades. A 4 or 5 on the Algebra I CAPE is grade level for a 9th grader, that is clear. What if a 9th grader gets a 3 on the Geometry CAPE? Presumably they're in Geometry because already passed Algebra I. Is a 3 on the Geometry CAPE grade level for a 9th grader even though it isn't for a 10th grader?[/quote]

You could drive yourself crazy doing those calculations for every school and it still wouldn't change the order of schools, because schools with higher math scores also have more students in advanced math. And McKinley by all accounts is serving advanced students well, which matters more than exactly how many they have. [/quote]

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