Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 14:51     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
Anonymous wrote:OK I knew something was up with this. MS will not promote you beyond 3rd grade, if you don't meet a minimum standard: https://hechingerreport.org/mississippi-made-the-biggest-leap-in-national-test-scores-this-year-is-this-controversial-law-the-reason-why/

That would never work in MCPS.


I'm not sure this makes much of a difference. I'm assuming that the kids who failed last year were eventually promoted and they would have been tested. It's not like they're piling up poor performers in 3rd grade forever; at some point they go to 4th+ where they will get tested.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 14:40     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
Anonymous wrote:I don't care what the report says. As a non white person and immigrant, I would NEVER EVER live in Mississippi. Hell to the no.

And my kids are doing great in MCPS.


Why? Because everyone in Mississippi is racist?

I’m not White either, but you’re ridiculous.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 14:40     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OK I knew something was up with this. MS will not promote you beyond 3rd grade, if you don't meet a minimum standard: https://hechingerreport.org/mississippi-made-the-biggest-leap-in-national-test-scores-this-year-is-this-controversial-law-the-reason-why/

That would never work in MCPS.


Why not?

Why do we keep letting kids go on to the next grade when it is clear that they have not mastered grade level work??



There is a large and strong research base demonstrating consistent negative effects on kids who are retained.


Well, there seems to be some largely negative effects on kids who are pushed through without actually mastering grade level work. What MCPS is doing now isn’t working.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 10:39     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OK I knew something was up with this. MS will not promote you beyond 3rd grade, if you don't meet a minimum standard: https://hechingerreport.org/mississippi-made-the-biggest-leap-in-national-test-scores-this-year-is-this-controversial-law-the-reason-why/

That would never work in MCPS.


Why not?

Why do we keep letting kids go on to the next grade when it is clear that they have not mastered grade level work??



There is a large and strong research base demonstrating consistent negative effects on kids who are retained.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 09:46     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
Anonymous wrote:OP here. No there is little or no direct instruction in MCPS -- and certainly not phonics based instruction. This is why nearly half of our kids are underperforming in reading in MCPS. Not to mention the kids who have dyslexia are suffering in our schools: phonics is essential for them but good for all. The Friedman's lawsuit plus Decoding Dyslexia's great work at the state level to force change in the county will hopefully change this in the next thirty years. (yeah, it will probably be that slow)

https://wamu.org/story/19/05/20/many-school-districts-hesitate-to-say-students-have-dyslexia-that-can-lead-to-problems/

https://www.decodingdyslexiamd.org/


There absolutely is phonics based reading instruction in MCPS elementary schools.

-MCPS reading specialist
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 09:35     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
I don't care what the report says. As a non white person and immigrant, I would NEVER EVER live in Mississippi. Hell to the no.

And my kids are doing great in MCPS.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 09:29     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
Mississippi right.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 09:19     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
OP here. No there is little or no direct instruction in MCPS -- and certainly not phonics based instruction. This is why nearly half of our kids are underperforming in reading in MCPS. Not to mention the kids who have dyslexia are suffering in our schools: phonics is essential for them but good for all. The Friedman's lawsuit plus Decoding Dyslexia's great work at the state level to force change in the county will hopefully change this in the next thirty years. (yeah, it will probably be that slow)

https://wamu.org/story/19/05/20/many-school-districts-hesitate-to-say-students-have-dyslexia-that-can-lead-to-problems/

https://www.decodingdyslexiamd.org/
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 09:14     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OK I knew something was up with this. MS will not promote you beyond 3rd grade, if you don't meet a minimum standard: https://hechingerreport.org/mississippi-made-the-biggest-leap-in-national-test-scores-this-year-is-this-controversial-law-the-reason-why/

That would never work in MCPS.


Why not?

Why do we keep letting kids go on to the next grade when it is clear that they have not mastered grade level work??



Current over crowding. School in moco isn’t about education, it’s about moving kids through.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 09:11     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OK I knew something was up with this. MS will not promote you beyond 3rd grade, if you don't meet a minimum standard: https://hechingerreport.org/mississippi-made-the-biggest-leap-in-national-test-scores-this-year-is-this-controversial-law-the-reason-why/

That would never work in MCPS.


Why not?

Why do we keep letting kids go on to the next grade when it is clear that they have not mastered grade level work??



The article states that there is a disparate impact in poor areas which in MS tend to be black. Could you even imagine if a BOE member suggested this? There would be calls for his/her resignation.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 09:07     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
Anonymous wrote:OK I knew something was up with this. MS will not promote you beyond 3rd grade, if you don't meet a minimum standard: https://hechingerreport.org/mississippi-made-the-biggest-leap-in-national-test-scores-this-year-is-this-controversial-law-the-reason-why/

That would never work in MCPS.


Why not?

Why do we keep letting kids go on to the next grade when it is clear that they have not mastered grade level work??

Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 08:07     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
OK I knew something was up with this. MS will not promote you beyond 3rd grade, if you don't meet a minimum standard: https://hechingerreport.org/mississippi-made-the-biggest-leap-in-national-test-scores-this-year-is-this-controversial-law-the-reason-why/

That would never work in MCPS.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 08:05     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
I hate saying this, I am a bit distrusting. Has it been verified that the scores weren't changed like Atlanta? If MS has consistent gains, then I will go demand MCPS to do whatever it is MS is doing.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2019 08:01     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
So MCPS isn’t teaching decoding and language comprehension in the early grades?

I don’t know....my kid was new here in middle school.
Anonymous
Post 12/06/2019 22:21     Subject: MCPS Leadership: Mississippi, yes Mississippi is better than you
More evidence that when a system follows good cognitive research, good things happen. Will MCPS leaders please start focusing on things that can make a difference for our kids.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/opinion/mississippi-schools-naep.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage