Anonymous
01/02/2025 16:28
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:lol!! My friend is a school psych at one of these W schools and they told me the amount of parents who demand a 504 for “adhd” to get extended time in high school is unbelievable. Parents will even get bogus Dr notes or private evals to get this documentation to get these 504s before leaving onto college. It’s 100% scamming the system
If they are scoring higher with accommodations, that’s direct proof that they need the accommodations.
Not scamming the system. The system is scamming the kids who need time but don’t get it. Call your local equity officer.
This. Kids that need extra time benefit from extra time. Kids that do not need extra time do not benefit from extra time. Multiple studies confirm this dating back to the early 90’s.
I’d be fine if everyone had extra time, not because it would somehow magically increase everyone’s grades, but because it would finally put this foolish argument to rest.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2010672/
The ACT is a timed test with time as a factor. Remove that and it gets a lot easier
Above exactly
Being able to get a high score with the very limited time isn’t the same as if you had twice as much time. This is obvious.
Anonymous
01/02/2025 16:27
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:lol!! My friend is a school psych at one of these W schools and they told me the amount of parents who demand a 504 for “adhd” to get extended time in high school is unbelievable. Parents will even get bogus Dr notes or private evals to get this documentation to get these 504s before leaving onto college. It’s 100% scamming the system
If they are scoring higher with accommodations, that’s direct proof that they need the accommodations.
Not scamming the system. The system is scamming the kids who need time but don’t get it. Call your local equity officer.
This. Kids that need extra time benefit from extra time. Kids that do not need extra time do not benefit from extra time. Multiple studies confirm this dating back to the early 90’s.
I’d be fine if everyone had extra time, not because it would somehow magically increase everyone’s grades, but because it would finally put this foolish argument to rest.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2010672/
The ACT is a timed test with time as a factor. Remove that and it gets a lot easier
This post is specifically about the SAT.
Anonymous
01/02/2025 16:26
Subject: Re:Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
The flip side is that it is easier to stand out of the crowd during applications if you go elsewhere and have very high scores…
Anonymous
01/02/2025 16:25
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
RMHS at 6th place, impressive: it truly punches above its weight. It’s a powerhouse given it has very diverse SES rates compared to the W schools and Poolesville
Anonymous
01/02/2025 16:15
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:lol!! My friend is a school psych at one of these W schools and they told me the amount of parents who demand a 504 for “adhd” to get extended time in high school is unbelievable. Parents will even get bogus Dr notes or private evals to get this documentation to get these 504s before leaving onto college. It’s 100% scamming the system
If they are scoring higher with accommodations, that’s direct proof that they need the accommodations.
Not scamming the system. The system is scamming the kids who need time but don’t get it. Call your local equity officer.
This. Kids that need extra time benefit from extra time. Kids that do not need extra time do not benefit from extra time. Multiple studies confirm this dating back to the early 90’s.
I’d be fine if everyone had extra time, not because it would somehow magically increase everyone’s grades, but because it would finally put this foolish argument to rest.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2010672/
The ACT is a timed test with time as a factor. Remove that and it gets a lot easier
Anonymous
01/02/2025 16:12
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Kudos to the Whitman Principal, Teachers and Staff for having the highest SAT score average within MCPS! Same goes to Churchill, Poolesville and Wootton who all averaged over 1200! The next highest HS average wasn't even close - 100 points lower on average.
# R M T
1 Walt Whitman HS 344 652 648 1301
2 Winston Churchill HS 426 645 647 1292
3 Poolesville HS 303 649 642 1291
4 Thomas S. Wootton HS 405 637 647 1284
College Readiness Data (ZIP 31KB)
https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/DataDownloads/FileDownload/520
Great job!
I'd like to see it broken down by either SES or racial cohort again like they did a few years ago. I think that gives us a much better idea of the schools quality. This just tells us which schools have the lowest FARMs rate.
We already have a good indicator of school quality, the FARMs rate.
We all know a great kids can do ok in any school but for avg kids which are the vast majority of them, environment matters.
Anonymous
01/02/2025 16:07
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Congrats on having the most favorable demographis in MCPS to those schools!
You mean the best student peer group
Anonymous
01/02/2025 14:31
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:lol!! My friend is a school psych at one of these W schools and they told me the amount of parents who demand a 504 for “adhd” to get extended time in high school is unbelievable. Parents will even get bogus Dr notes or private evals to get this documentation to get these 504s before leaving onto college. It’s 100% scamming the system
If they are scoring higher with accommodations, that’s direct proof that they need the accommodations.
Not scamming the system. The system is scamming the kids who need time but don’t get it. Call your local equity officer.
This. Kids that need extra time benefit from extra time. Kids that do not need extra time do not benefit from extra time. Multiple studies confirm this dating back to the early 90’s.
I’d be fine if everyone had extra time, not because it would somehow magically increase everyone’s grades, but because it would finally put this foolish argument to rest.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2010672/
Anonymous
01/02/2025 07:22
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Kudos to the Whitman Principal, Teachers and Staff for having the highest SAT score average within MCPS! Same goes to Churchill, Poolesville and Wootton who all averaged over 1200! The next highest HS average wasn't even close - 100 points lower on average.
# R M T
1 Walt Whitman HS 344 652 648 1301
2 Winston Churchill HS 426 645 647 1292
3 Poolesville HS 303 649 642 1291
4 Thomas S. Wootton HS 405 637 647 1284
College Readiness Data (ZIP 31KB)
https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/DataDownloads/FileDownload/520
Great job!
I'd like to see it broken down by either SES or racial cohort again like they did a few years ago. I think that gives us a much better idea of the schools quality. This just tells us which schools have the lowest FARMs rate.
Anonymous
01/02/2025 01:49
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Kudos to the Whitman Principal, Teachers and Staff for having the highest SAT score average within MCPS! Same goes to Churchill, Poolesville and Wootton who all averaged over 1200! The next highest HS average wasn't even close - 100 points lower on average.
# R M T
1 Walt Whitman HS 344 652 648 1301
2 Winston Churchill HS 426 645 647 1292
3 Poolesville HS 303 649 642 1291
4 Thomas S. Wootton HS 405 637 647 1284
College Readiness Data (ZIP 31KB)
https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/DataDownloads/FileDownload/520
Great job!
Kudos to the parents, tutors, and cram schools of Western MoCo!
Anonymous
01/02/2025 01:47
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:lol!! My friend is a school psych at one of these W schools and they told me the amount of parents who demand a 504 for “adhd” to get extended time in high school is unbelievable. Parents will even get bogus Dr notes or private evals to get this documentation to get these 504s before leaving onto college. It’s 100% scamming the system
If they are scoring higher with accommodations, that’s direct proof that they need the accommodations.
Not scamming the system. The system is scamming the kids who need time but don’t get it. Call your local equity officer.
Anonymous
01/02/2025 01:45
Subject: Re:Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Meh, Centennial and River Hill in Howard are both higher than Walt Whitman.
Guess money doesn't guarantee everything.
Those are super wealthy neighborhoods bruh
Anonymous
01/01/2025 23:47
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
In other words: more people need to praise W schools for no reason.
Anonymous
01/01/2025 21:10
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
lol!! My friend is a school psych at one of these W schools and they told me the amount of parents who demand a 504 for “adhd” to get extended time in high school is unbelievable. Parents will even get bogus Dr notes or private evals to get this documentation to get these 504s before leaving onto college. It’s 100% scamming the system
Anonymous
12/31/2024 18:40
Subject: Congrats to Walt Whitman HS!
Anonymous wrote:Kudos to the Whitman Principal, Teachers and Staff for having the highest SAT score average within MCPS! Same goes to Churchill, Poolesville and Wootton who all averaged over 1200! The next highest HS average wasn't even close - 100 points lower on average.
# R M T
1 Walt Whitman HS 344 652 648 1301
2 Winston Churchill HS 426 645 647 1292
3 Poolesville HS 303 649 642 1291
4 Thomas S. Wootton HS 405 637 647 1284
College Readiness Data (ZIP 31KB)
https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/DataDownloads/FileDownload/520
Great job!
I challenge you to match farms rate and test score. In MCPS low farms = high test score in comparison to higher farms schools. I would be much more impressed with a high farms school getting a high test score.