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Anonymous wrote:I just went through a handful of the DCPS elementary schools and looked specifically for science profiency. Some schools (like Ross and Janney) are at 70 percent, while others are closer to zero. So some schools are teaching science well and others don't really teach it at all.

I have a belief that the Science CAPE results are the best indicator of overall school quality.

I feel like I don’t know what the science CAPE is testing like I know what math and ELA are

I think because science education can really vary, the science CAPE shows you which schools have figured out how to do it and also go above and beyond the requirements. This is likely true for the rest of the curriculum, too.

The science test covers content from 3-5 grade. So if you weren’t in DCPS for one of those grades you may have missed the content being tested.

It’s four parts, each one is I think 45 minutes. If I remember correctly, in that 45 there are three scenarios/topics. A short reading passage maybe describing an experiment or phenomena. Then they have a few multiple choice questions and then a short response. It’s not really enough time and often kids don’t finish.

I suspect the kids who do well have enough background knowledge to do well. Plus consistent science content in school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just went through a handful of the DCPS elementary schools and looked specifically for science profiency. Some schools (like Ross and Janney) are at 70 percent, while others are closer to zero. So some schools are teaching science well and others don't really teach it at all.

I have a belief that the Science CAPE results are the best indicator of overall school quality.

I feel like I don’t know what the science CAPE is testing like I know what math and ELA are

I think because science education can really vary, the science CAPE shows you which schools have figured out how to do it and also go above and beyond the requirements. This is likely true for the rest of the curriculum, too.

FWIW, my kid went to an immersion charter. There is no science class but they incorporate a lot of science into the curriculum and expeditions. They do research, posters, presentations and it’s pretty good. He scored mid 99% on science CAPE. Just started DCI this year and science class is challenging.

typo mid 90%

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just went through a handful of the DCPS elementary schools and looked specifically for science profiency. Some schools (like Ross and Janney) are at 70 percent, while others are closer to zero. So some schools are teaching science well and others don't really teach it at all.

I have a belief that the Science CAPE results are the best indicator of overall school quality.

I feel like I don’t know what the science CAPE is testing like I know what math and ELA are

I think because science education can really vary, the science CAPE shows you which schools have figured out how to do it and also go above and beyond the requirements. This is likely true for the rest of the curriculum, too.

FWIW, my kid went to an immersion charter. There is no science class but they incorporate a lot of science into the curriculum and expeditions. They do research, posters, presentations and it’s pretty good. He scored mid 99% on science CAPE. Just started DCI this year and science class is challenging.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just went through a handful of the DCPS elementary schools and looked specifically for science profiency. Some schools (like Ross and Janney) are at 70 percent, while others are closer to zero. So some schools are teaching science well and others don't really teach it at all.

I have a belief that the Science CAPE results are the best indicator of overall school quality.

I feel like I don’t know what the science CAPE is testing like I know what math and ELA are

You can look at practice tests here: https://dc.mypearsonsupport.com/practice-tests.html

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just went through a handful of the DCPS elementary schools and looked specifically for science profiency. Some schools (like Ross and Janney) are at 70 percent, while others are closer to zero. So some schools are teaching science well and others don't really teach it at all.

I have a belief that the Science CAPE results are the best indicator of overall school quality.

I feel like I don’t know what the science CAPE is testing like I know what math and ELA are

I think because science education can really vary, the science CAPE shows you which schools have figured out how to do it and also go above and beyond the requirements. This is likely true for the rest of the curriculum, too.

Anonymous wrote:I just went through a handful of the DCPS elementary schools and looked specifically for science profiency. Some schools (like Ross and Janney) are at 70 percent, while others are closer to zero. So some schools are teaching science well and others don't really teach it at all.

I have a belief that the Science CAPE results are the best indicator of overall school quality.

I feel like I don’t know what the science CAPE is testing like I know what math and ELA are

I just went through a handful of the DCPS elementary schools and looked specifically for science profiency. Some schools (like Ross and Janney) are at 70 percent, while others are closer to zero. So some schools are teaching science well and others don't really teach it at all.

I have a belief that the Science CAPE results are the best indicator of overall school quality.

Anonymous wrote:I don't like how even for educational achievement, there is no weight given to 4s vs 5s. There absolutely should be. Most UMC kids could score 4 irrespective of the school.

Also, at the lower end, 1 v 2 matters and also isn't distinguished.

5s are going to disappear when DC joins the multi-state test anyway, aren’t they?

^ Like it is insane that scores of year 1 50, year 2 54, year 3 52 will make you end up 20 growth points behind year 1 50, year 2 50, year 3 52... when, if anything, school 1 has performed slightly better!

All of the movement is because the growth scores only measure change in one year, which is a really silly measure as a blip year can send you skyrocketing and then crashing or vice versa. Given that 2/3rds of points are based on CAPE scores in one year as a result, the results are always going to be crazily volatile and the percentages somewhat meaningless. Achievement and growth should both be 3 year measures; perhaps double weighting the most recent year.

Outliers with very low scores, charter only

Capital village
Stokes EE
KIPP inspire and Valor
Rocketship Rise
Roots
SEED
TR Middle

A quick year over year comparison of percentile ranks shows there has been a lot of change. These are percentage points.

Achievement Prep +35.
Burroughs +33.
Burrville +20.
Chavez down 30.
Cleveland down 57.
CMI up 14.
DCB down 43.
DC Prep had a rough year.
Haynes elementary down 32.
Stokes EE down 24.
Excel down 20.
Friendship mixed.
Garfield up 51, wow.
Woodson up 38.
Hearst up 29.
Howard up 35.
JOW down 37.
Kelly Miller down 30.
Ketcham up 29.
Kimball up 42.
King down 40.
KIPP had a rough year
Langdon up 22.
Boone down 29.
Lee Brookland up 23.
MacFarland up 21.
Marie Reed down 34.
Bethune down a lot.
Meridian down a lot.
Mundo up a bit
Murch down 34!
Noyes up 31
Oyster up 30-34.
Paul Middle down 29
Payne down 21
Randle Highlands down 40
Rocketship improved but still quite bad
Seaton up 22
Sela up 41
Shepherd down 27
SSMA up 42 so out of the danger zone
Chisholm up 30
Social Justice up 71!
Stanton up 39
Statesman up a lot
Stuart-Hobson up 23
Truth up 18-26
Thomas up 57
TMA up 22
Truesdell down 23
Tr4 up 25, TRY El up 16, TR Middle down 12
Van Ness down 22
Wash Global down 18
WLA up 17
Yy down 14
Watkins up 45
Whittier down 37

I don't like how even for educational achievement, there is no weight given to 4s vs 5s. There absolutely should be. Most UMC kids could score 4 irrespective of the school.

Also, at the lower end, 1 v 2 matters and also isn't distinguished.

SSMA pulled their stats way up. Maybe they won't be shut down after all.

Rocketship continues to struggle at two of three locations.

Two Rivers Middle has really low stats, 4th percentile!

Banneker and School Without Walls are the top high schools. Lots of DCPS elementary schools at the top of the ratings. For the charters, Latin, Friendship and Center City have campuses in the top.

The official OSSE site is here https://schoolreportcard.dc.gov/home.
It may be easier to navigate the information on the EmpowerK12 site https://www.empowerk12.org/dc-accountability-scores-dashboard.