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[quote=Anonymous]Lee parent here. The test scores don’t reflect the amazing work the kids are doing at this school, regardless of race. It’s also a very small testing cohort. VERY small esp in grades 4 and 5. There are many educated, professional, involved black parents at Lee (as with white parents) but less so in the upper grades. When you have less than ten kids taking a test and a couple of them have learning difficulties or special ed challenges AND the school does not teach to the test, the percentiles are meaningless.  Lee parents can look at how engaged their kids are and what they are learning and how they are learning to gauge the success of the school.

I’d also recommend looking at other measures. There are other tests the younger kids take and much more data. Are racial breakdowns available?  If so, I’d wager they show a different picture. The PARCC is a flawed test that has been dropped in almost every other state. If you can’t type well and aren’t taught the tricks, you aren’t going to score as well as kids who are.[/quote]

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