Anonymous
Post 01/15/2016 16:40     Subject: Re:PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter's (9th grade--Walls) scores came in the mail this week. They are her scores from 8th grade--and there was an interesting graph showing the breakdown of the scores from her 8th grade class...as in the percentage of kids who received a 5, 4, 3, etc. There was an alarmingly low percentage of 5s, but I too have heard that that was expected.

Also people--this is ONE test. No one should be looking at this ONE score as a prediction of future success in anything.

also, some very smart children are just not great test-takers...and some kids in the average range can do very well on tests.

Just my two cents...


I agree with you that some very bright kids do not do well on tests for a variety of reasons, I am not sure the converse you articulated is true, that average kids get very high scores. What is your thinking on this, that they guess well? It may be that they are very bright at what is being tested but are not brilliant in other areas but I think you take away too much from the kids that do very well that it is not indicative of anything. Saying someone may just test well is a put down to those students. They knew the correct answers to the questions, you cannot guess your way to a 5.

I don't think test scores are the be all and end all and it is more important to me that my child be challenged to work hard than to get an A. But I am proud of my child's scores and I do think they represent how my child is performing more generally as it all tracks.



I agree. Now, maybe what PP meant is that some bright kids who get a 5 might not have the best grades, becasue grades encompass behaviors and measure more than knowledge of the subject matter. Think of your absent minded professor kiddo who forgets to put his name on the paper and gets no credit for it, or has barely legible handwriting and gets marked down for it, or who routinely forgets to hand in work, etc. Bright kids don't always get A grades. Not that I know a kid like that
Anonymous
Post 01/15/2016 16:26     Subject: Re:PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
Anonymous wrote:My daughter's (9th grade--Walls) scores came in the mail this week. They are her scores from 8th grade--and there was an interesting graph showing the breakdown of the scores from her 8th grade class...as in the percentage of kids who received a 5, 4, 3, etc. There was an alarmingly low percentage of 5s, but I too have heard that that was expected.

Also people--this is ONE test. No one should be looking at this ONE score as a prediction of future success in anything.

also, some very smart children are just not great test-takers...and some kids in the average range can do very well on tests.

Just my two cents...


I agree with you that some very bright kids do not do well on tests for a variety of reasons, I am not sure the converse you articulated is true, that average kids get very high scores. What is your thinking on this, that they guess well? It may be that they are very bright at what is being tested but are not brilliant in other areas but I think you take away too much from the kids that do very well that it is not indicative of anything. Saying someone may just test well is a put down to those students. They knew the correct answers to the questions, you cannot guess your way to a 5.

I don't think test scores are the be all and end all and it is more important to me that my child be challenged to work hard than to get an A. But I am proud of my child's scores and I do think they represent how my child is performing more generally as it all tracks.

Anonymous
Post 01/15/2016 11:01     Subject: Re:PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
My daughter's (9th grade--Walls) scores came in the mail this week. They are her scores from 8th grade--and there was an interesting graph showing the breakdown of the scores from her 8th grade class...as in the percentage of kids who received a 5, 4, 3, etc. There was an alarmingly low percentage of 5s, but I too have heard that that was expected.

Also people--this is ONE test. No one should be looking at this ONE score as a prediction of future success in anything.

also, some very smart children are just not great test-takers...and some kids in the average range can do very well on tests.

Just my two cents...
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2016 20:16     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
We got the PAARC for our 5th grader (DCPS) today. 4 in Math and 4 in English. we noted a remarkable improvement from the CAS result the year before. I heard people complaining that scores had dropped with the PAARC. are we the only ones who saw an improvement? BTW I think our child did improve.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2016 19:02     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
Anonymous wrote:I haven't received my kids' PARCC scores yet. One at Latin, one at Brent. Should I be worried?


Based on my diligent reading of DCUM and everything I've learned about Brent and Latin, you should just assume that your kids both got all 5s.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2016 16:04     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
Anonymous wrote:I haven't received my kids' PARCC scores yet. One at Latin, one at Brent. Should I be worried?

Capital City has not sent the reports yet either. Not sure what the hold up is as they have had them for 3 weeks.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2016 09:49     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
I haven't received my scores from Latin either. I was at the school earlier this week and meant to ask.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2016 09:17     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
Anonymous wrote:I haven't received my kids' PARCC scores yet. One at Latin, one at Brent. Should I be worried?


Contact the schools, you should have received them by now.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2016 09:14     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
I haven't received my kids' PARCC scores yet. One at Latin, one at Brent. Should I be worried?
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2016 11:10     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am appreciating the raw scores, because some other states (like Massachusetts) have published charts showing how raw scores correlate to percentiles in those states. I'll admit that the comparison is comforting (even though not mathematically precise).


Can you provide a link to what you describe? I did some googling around but did not fine the raw scores with correlations. TIA


I can't get it to link, but google this: "2015 Concordance Table: MCAS and PARCC by Percentile"
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2016 23:00     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
Anonymous wrote:I am appreciating the raw scores, because some other states (like Massachusetts) have published charts showing how raw scores correlate to percentiles in those states. I'll admit that the comparison is comforting (even though not mathematically precise).


Can you provide a link to what you describe? I did some googling around but did not fine the raw scores with correlations. TIA
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2016 22:12     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
I am appreciating the raw scores, because some other states (like Massachusetts) have published charts showing how raw scores correlate to percentiles in those states. I'll admit that the comparison is comforting (even though not mathematically precise).
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2016 20:21     Subject: Re:PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
Anonymous wrote:For the PP with a child at Duke Ellington, did your report have the data breakout or just green check marks stating meets or exceeds???


Not broken down. Maybe it's not in HS reports??
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2016 08:10     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
At what age do the kids decide to not try too hard on these tests? I remember having to take a standardized test in the 11th grade and not really trying because I knew the test didn't have personal ramifications. For some of the older kids who are otherwise doing well, I would take the low scores with a grain of salt.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2016 23:21     Subject: PARCC Individual Score Reports went home today
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Both 2's, but has a 3.2 GPA. Guess she can do better.

Child is at Wilson.


Ok thank you! Mine got a 2 and 3 (at Deal) which freaked me out. He gets really good grades and seems fine academically-- though obviously not on the college or career track?


How are your kids at keyboarding? I would expect more from a child with good grades but isn't this what the worry was about implementing a new test?