Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 21:40     Subject: English 9 summative assessment HS
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Middle school had that test yesterday. They were told that the county overall test score was so low that MCPS bumped it up by 10%.


Was this a CKLA-designed test or an MCPS-designed test?


It was the MCPS district assessment, but I believe it was a CKLA assessment.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 21:18     Subject: English 9 summative assessment HS
Anonymous wrote:Middle school had that test yesterday. They were told that the county overall test score was so low that MCPS bumped it up by 10%.


Was this a CKLA-designed test or an MCPS-designed test?
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 20:59     Subject: English 9 summative assessment HS
Anonymous wrote:My 8th grader said their test was 19 ?s


Hmmm, mine said it was 40 questions.
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 20:14     Subject: English 9 summative assessment HS
My 8th grader said their test was 19 ?s
Anonymous
Post 01/23/2026 16:34     Subject: English 9 summative assessment HS
Anonymous wrote:OP here- my kid ended up doing well and eeked out a semester A. It sounded like it was a bunch of random reading comprehension passages with multiple choice answers--seems really random...but oh well.


MCPS wrote its own English 9 curriculum, so yeah, it is random. More reason why they should use an external curriculum.