Anonymous wrote:I think the data is glitchy and basically useless if it’s showing that half the kids in the math/science magnets are failing. I just don’t believe it. Sometimes tests are bad and don’t really measure what they’re intended to measure.

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Anonymous wrote:I forget: Were the tests given at the end of last year or the beginning of this school year?

Beginning of this year in September after a summer of forgetting whatever they managed to learn. Abbreviated test and only required to sit, not pass anything. In other words, completely useless for understanding actually where kids are. The results from this spring will be more meaningful. I still expect a drop from prepandemic but not the ridiculousness of last fall’s testing.

I'm an ES parent so I've not really be following this. Is it actually a comparison of tests given at the end of the course in previous years with one given the school year after they took the course for last year? Because that really doesn't seem like a meaningful comparison at all.

Yes, and it’s a different test as well. Which is, at least in part, why they didn’t require kids to pass the usual subject tests they needed in order to graduate (Algebra, and I forget what else). They only had to pass the course, and at least sit for the test.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the focus on geometry. Most kids don’t take geometry till high school.

It would be a bellwether of high-achieving students then.

yes, and the weather says, "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs". Abysmal, across the board. MCAP results were also terrible.

Whatever happens with covid in the future, I hope adminstrators realize just how terrible VL has been for the vast majority of students, and not just low income kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I forget: Were the tests given at the end of last year or the beginning of this school year?

Beginning of this year in September after a summer of forgetting whatever they managed to learn. Abbreviated test and only required to sit, not pass anything. In other words, completely useless for understanding actually where kids are. The results from this spring will be more meaningful. I still expect a drop from prepandemic but not the ridiculousness of last fall’s testing.

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Anonymous wrote:I forget: Were the tests given at the end of last year or the beginning of this school year?

Beginning of this year in September after a summer of forgetting whatever they managed to learn. Abbreviated test and only required to sit, not pass anything. In other words, completely useless for understanding actually where kids are. The results from this spring will be more meaningful. I still expect a drop from prepandemic but not the ridiculousness of last fall’s testing.

I'm an ES parent so I've not really be following this. Is it actually a comparison of tests given at the end of the course in previous years with one given the school year after they took the course for last year? Because that really doesn't seem like a meaningful comparison at all.