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[quote=Anonymous]MCPS doesn't care about the SAT or AP classes. Your goal may be for your child to be competitive in the college admissions process but no one in MCPS is ranked on meeting that goal. They are ranked on the overall % of students who will meet the bottom bar of PARC. Schools are specifically ranked on how much they reduced the achievement gap based on test score data. Its in MCPS administrator's best interest for the students in the middle to not go to far above the bar.

MCPS got it wrong, very wrong. Lowering the math standards in elementary school will not raise math performance. The system is missing rigorous and meaningful assessments. The system is missing math qualified teachers at the middle and high school level. This was true pre 2.0 and its even worse now with 2.0. However, solving those problems would mean that the achievement gap would widen as more kids fail rigorous assessments and old teachers need to be replaced and new teachers need to be hired.

There are no short cuts in life. You can't maintain the problems of the status quo and improve things. MCPS hoped to find a way to cut corners and game the data. 2.0 is a perfect example of hiding poor performing students and teachers rather than addressing the real issue. [/quote]

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