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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On the last ELA PARCC at Wilson, 
42% of the school was BELOW grade level.

Grade level is a really low standard.  Have you seen these tests?  
And yet, it's a good idea to put all these kids in a college level English class in 11th grade?  Many can't even read.  [/quote]

An elementary teacher should not be allowed to promote a student to the next grade level unless the student has demonstrated proficiency at the current level.

Why are these teachers just passing the buck?

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[b]DCPS teachers are not allowed to hold kids back.  We are also penalized on IMPACT if we give failing grades[/b].[/quote]

Sorry for the sidebar but would any of the teachers reading this thread be willing to help explain the rationale behind why social promotion/D-minus minimum is better? Especially before 4th grade? Is there a lot of evidence on this?[/quote]

I am a DCPS teacher and it all comes down to numbers.  DCPS doesn’t want high rates of kids failing.  It makes the school district look better to have fewer kids fail so they lowered the bar.  Grades mean nothing.  You can learn nothing all year and pass a grade/class.  It’s all smoke and mirrors.  Which is why as much as I dislike standardized tests and find them flawed, without them we would have no clue if kids actually know content.[/quote]

My kid has an IEP and I always strongly suspected that the teachers low-ball the grades on the first report card so they can increase them over the year to show "progress."  The only way I've actually been able to understand how he's doing is by comparing his work to other kids in person (actually somewhat easier with DL) and standardized testing.  He's ahead in some areas, behind in others.  I find grades and report cards absolutely worthless.  When I read the report card it's almost like they are describing a different child.  I even had the surreal experience in PK3 of reading a report card from a teacher (who all term had been sending me increasingly unhinged emails about how terrible his behavior was) claiming that he was doing great.  [/quote]
Teachers have told me they are not allowed to assign 4's to kids in terms 1 and 2 otherwise they will show no progress. Like, they can't be a 4 because they haven't completed terms 1 and 2. I kind of see the logic, but [b]it was weird when my first grader who was reading at a ninth grade level (per the school's testing) got a 3 in reading[/b].[/quote]

That is a big range. Is this a DC specific test or is it used elsewhere? I've been wondering how much assessments vary across states/cities. [/quote]

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