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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The aggregate reports aren't out, but I just was clicking around to do some research on another thread, and discovered that the 2018 PMF/Tiering are active on the DCPCSB website.   The cut off for Tier One was 65% this year

Some "HRCSs"

Tier One:
Basis Upper 97.3
Basis Middle 70.8
DCB 74.7
ITS 74.6
Latin Middle 72.2
Latin Upper 93.4
Lee Montessori 70.1
LAMB 86.0
Mundo Verde 73.3
SSMA 75.4
TR4 72.0
YY 93.8

Tier Two:
Bridges 42.3
Creative Minds 55.4

Tier Three:
Breakthrough 28.8[/quote]

How fair is the PMF really? Schools like Bridges and Creative Minds with higher populations of special needs and other schools with higher at-risk don't seem to get the same credit on the PMF as schools with lower populations of SPED or at-risk kids. This isn't just sour grapes (ok, maybe a little). But it is what seems apparent to me in looking at OSSE's averages for PARCC growth for different groups.

PARCC Growth Percentiles, Math, Reading
All Students, 50, 50
Econ Disadvantaged, 47, 47
Special Education, 44, 40
Black, 46, 46
White, 65, 63
https://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/2017_Equity_Report_Citywide_District%20of%20Columbia.pdf (page 5)

If a school serving SPED kids has average growth for their students, they'd earn 10.5 points on the growth section of the PMF.
A school serving Black kids with average growth for their students, would earn 14 points.
A school serving White kids with average growth would earn 29.7 points.

The PMF calculator is online and you can enter the numbers yourself and see what I mean. https://www.dcpcsb.org/performance-management-framework-pmf/performance-management-framework-pmf-calculators

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This is a really good point. At the same time, these two schools' growth numbers this year are lower than they should be, even taking into account the makeup of their student bodies.   [/quote]

Link to their pmfs? I can't access them. [/quote]

You can access them using the Sela link earlier in the thread, but replacing the school name in the link.

https://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/2018-10-29%20Creative%20Minds%20International%20PCS%20PK3-8%20PMF.pdf

https://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/2018-10-29%20Bridges%20PCS%20PK3-8%20PMF.pdf[/quote]

My attempts to crack the code for LAMB have been unsuccessful; help me out?[/quote]

What's to crack? High income kids who test well and have good support at the school. They show up well on the PMF. Less  than 10% at-risk, less than 20% black. The white and Hispanic subgroups generally have the highest growth percentiles in DC per the Equity Report. This gives an advantage on the PMF.

If you look at the 16-17 Equity Report for LAMB, you'll see that 44% of all students are meeting or exceeding expectations in math (4+ on PARCC). 11% of economically disadvantaged students are meeting or exceeding expectations. It helps that LAMB has very few of those kids. For PARCC growth (MGP) there are too few economically disadvantaged or black kids for the numbers to be reported.

Seems like a good school with students who perform well.[/quote]

As discussed above, students have a growth percentile calculated against similarly scoring students, not all kids in their age group. So there is no inherent advantage in having any specific group at the school in terms of the growth score. There is, of course, for overall testing levels, which is 35% of the PMF.[/quote]

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