Anonymous
04/29/2019 12:18
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our 5th Grader had practice for the PARCC test as well. Seriously. Practice for the PARCC in 5th grade. I get it if the student is new to the system - take them aside and give them a chance to see the test format, but for kids who have already taken it for two years, why set aside yet more instructional time to PRACTICE?!
Wait! When you practise for this test, don't you also figure out what content knowledge you are missing? I think practising for any test is a great idea because this is how you know what you have learned and what you still need to work on.
My 9th grader is taking AP NSL this year. He has a great teacher who was testing them each week as he was teaching them each unit. Part of the homework assignment was also taking notes from the text. All kids were doing very well. Then just a few weeks ago, the teacher started to give them practice test and it turned out that most of the students did not remember the texts and documents that were assigned in the homework. Yes, most of the students have an "A" in the class, but if they want a 4 or a 5 in the test, they have to study for the test. I am actually very glad when students are made to study for tests. This extra iteration of learning allows them to master the content.
What does the AP test have to do with the PARCC test?
DP. Well, they're both standardized tests.
But other than that...
A test that measures the understanding of content is a good thing to have in schools. AP tests measures the student but what I like is that PARCC measures the school and how well they are teaching the school. If they are prepping for the exam - Great! And if students are getting extra work because they are lagging behind then that is the way achievement gap will be bridged. I do not see the downside, unless, the schools are not tryoing to fill the gaps in knowledge, or all other learning is stopped.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 12:08
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our 5th Grader had practice for the PARCC test as well. Seriously. Practice for the PARCC in 5th grade. I get it if the student is new to the system - take them aside and give them a chance to see the test format, but for kids who have already taken it for two years, why set aside yet more instructional time to PRACTICE?!
Wait! When you practise for this test, don't you also figure out what content knowledge you are missing? I think practising for any test is a great idea because this is how you know what you have learned and what you still need to work on.
My 9th grader is taking AP NSL this year. He has a great teacher who was testing them each week as he was teaching them each unit. Part of the homework assignment was also taking notes from the text. All kids were doing very well. Then just a few weeks ago, the teacher started to give them practice test and it turned out that most of the students did not remember the texts and documents that were assigned in the homework. Yes, most of the students have an "A" in the class, but if they want a 4 or a 5 in the test, they have to study for the test. I am actually very glad when students are made to study for tests. This extra iteration of learning allows them to master the content.
What does the AP test have to do with the PARCC test?
DP. Well, they're both standardized tests.
But other than that...
Anonymous
04/29/2019 12:02
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our 5th Grader had practice for the PARCC test as well. Seriously. Practice for the PARCC in 5th grade. I get it if the student is new to the system - take them aside and give them a chance to see the test format, but for kids who have already taken it for two years, why set aside yet more instructional time to PRACTICE?!
Wait! When you practise for this test, don't you also figure out what content knowledge you are missing? I think practising for any test is a great idea because this is how you know what you have learned and what you still need to work on.
My 9th grader is taking AP NSL this year. He has a great teacher who was testing them each week as he was teaching them each unit. Part of the homework assignment was also taking notes from the text. All kids were doing very well. Then just a few weeks ago, the teacher started to give them practice test and it turned out that most of the students did not remember the texts and documents that were assigned in the homework. Yes, most of the students have an "A" in the class, but if they want a 4 or a 5 in the test, they have to study for the test. I am actually very glad when students are made to study for tests. This extra iteration of learning allows them to master the content.
What does the AP test have to do with the PARCC test?
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:51
Subject: Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous wrote:It's probably an attempt to mitigate all the prepping that happens exclusively at the affluent schools and levels the playing field.
In the process of prepping, the students learn. In sports, it is called "Training". Good for parents who are getting their students to study. I think it is not the value of the affluent to prep the kids (Hello! Lori Loughlin cheated for her kids) , but the value of the educated.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:48
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous wrote:Our 5th Grader had practice for the PARCC test as well. Seriously. Practice for the PARCC in 5th grade. I get it if the student is new to the system - take them aside and give them a chance to see the test format, but for kids who have already taken it for two years, why set aside yet more instructional time to PRACTICE?!
Wait! When you practise for this test, don't you also figure out what content knowledge you are missing? I think practising for any test is a great idea because this is how you know what you have learned and what you still need to work on.
My 9th grader is taking AP NSL this year. He has a great teacher who was testing them each week as he was teaching them each unit. Part of the homework assignment was also taking notes from the text. All kids were doing very well. Then just a few weeks ago, the teacher started to give them practice test and it turned out that most of the students did not remember the texts and documents that were assigned in the homework. Yes, most of the students have an "A" in the class, but if they want a 4 or a 5 in the test, they have to study for the test. I am actually very glad when students are made to study for tests. This extra iteration of learning allows them to master the content.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:45
Subject: Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
What practice for a common core test tied to federal fund?
Maryland should unsubscribes to common core and manage their budget better so theirs not bribed into more testing games. Virginia and Massachusetts said No Thanks.
Maryland should unsubscribes to common core and manage their budget better so theirs not bribed into more testing games. Virginia and Massachusetts said No Thanks.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:43
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
The PARCC is misspelled in the first place. It was supposed to be PARC. 
Test failed.
Test failed.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:41
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:40
Subject: Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's probably an attempt to mitigate all the prepping that happens exclusively at the affluent schools and levels the playing field.
My child's home school did no prep for PARCC. When she moved to a magnet program in a lower rated score, they had PARCC prep. I think it is the reverse of what PP stated. Affluent schools do not need to prep.
It's because they already send their kids to all sorts of outside prep that it isn't needed at school.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:32
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Yeah, just like EVIAN backwards spells... yep you guessed it.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:32
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
only grades 3+ take PARCC right?
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:31
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:26
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous wrote:New test is out there.....the children at our school have over a seven days of testing in Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program-formerly know as PARCC happening as we speak.
MCAP is the same as PARCC. It is just renamed. So there is no new test, just a new name to placate the parents this year.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:25
Subject: Re:Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
New test is out there.....the children at our school have over a seven days of testing in Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program-formerly know as PARCC happening as we speak.
Anonymous
04/29/2019 11:17
Subject: Practicing for PARCC - WHY!?!?!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Because it has to do with school ratings and its about making the school look good.
Ding, ding, ding!
+1 Our school is doing PARCC this week, I don't think it's practice tests.