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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MoCo 360 did some useful analysis and got comments from MCPS in the form of Chris Cram: https://moco360.media/2023/12/20/half-of-mcps-top-high-schools-see-drop-in-state-education-report-card/

The high schools that fell from five to four-star ratings were Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, Walter Johnson High School and Winston Churchill High.

[QUOTE]Cram stated there are limitations to the method in which the state Education Department rates schools, such as relying “on a single data point for measuring academic achievement and growth” like the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics assessments.

“These scores provide an end-of-course view of students’ performance and progress,” he wrote.

Cram added that MCPS uses an Evidence of Learning and Equity Accountability Model to measure student progress, “to provide a more detailed and focused perspective on school success.” He wrote that the approach uses “multiple and frequent measures of students’ progress” and “places a special emphasis on reducing and eliminating disparities in student achievement.”[/QUOTE]

It's bizarre that Cram and MCPS are taking the old-school line that the snapshot/test is the problem and not the school system. E[b]specially since MCPS's own EOL mirrors the academic declines that MSDE's report card highlights as well.[/b] So this weak defense of the sad current state doesn't hold much water. But it's typical MCPS to take zero accountability for the decline and slide within its system.[/quote]
No, the highlighted is false.[/quote]

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