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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Were grades inflated in Q1 of Taylor's first year? [/quote]

How would he have changed it? MCPS is a system of schools. The principals get leeway to do whatever they want.[b] CO offers guidelines and policies but enforcement is nonexistent.[/b][/quote]

And the bolded is the problem.  If the system wants to grant principals a large amount of leeway to do what they want (which isn’t always a bad thing) then the principals  and their staff need be held to account for mastery of standards, achievement of proficient scores, performance of staff, and innovation.  Otherwise, there needs to be a lot more standardization of implementation and practices so there can be effective measurement on what is working and what is not.

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Yup. I agree with you. But here's where it flips back on CO: If they left their offices or homes (apparently a significant chunk of CO staff are still WFH) more and spent more time in schools regularly they'd be in a much better position to enforce and spot the problems that are happening.

We also need to really re-examine the power we've given to principals and MCAAP. People complain about MCEA and their power and influence, but [b]MCAAP[/b] is the real power broker here and no one seems to realize that.[/quote]

How so?[/quote]

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