Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how we will get the actual scores? Teacher gave grade but not score and it doesn’t look like it’s on synergy anywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

yes it was insanely difficult this year - especially the first semester - one of my kids APEX bio classes every student got an A on the MISA - so the teacher just told them out loud that they all got an A. The other class there were a few Bs so he had the kids come up one by one if they wanted to know their grade.

Any idea if apex bio will be same next year? I have a kid scheduled for it and he is nervous. Any tips to prepare?

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

yes it was insanely difficult this year - especially the first semester - one of my kids APEX bio classes every student got an A on the MISA - so the teacher just told them out loud that they all got an A. The other class there were a few Bs so he had the kids come up one by one if they wanted to know their grade.

It's pretty impressive that the whole class got an A! My kid is headed into APEX next year, so I hope they have toned down the class, however!

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

yes it was insanely difficult this year - especially the first semester - one of my kids APEX bio classes every student got an A on the MISA - so the teacher just told them out loud that they all got an A. The other class there were a few Bs so he had the kids come up one by one if they wanted to know their grade.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure most everyone got the email today with a link (https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/curriculum/eoc/mcps_eoc_studentflyerwfaqs-updated2024-06v1.pdf) to this info, but I thought I would place it here to close the loop on some of the questions in this thread. What we don't know yet is the percentage of students who scored in each of these categories.

What MCPS has posted about how EOC (MISA/MCAP) scores were translated to letter grades:


GRADE CONVERSION SCORE (GCS) TABLE

Letter Grade: A GCS Score: 90-100 -- LS MISA Score Range: 757-850 Am Gov Score Range: 466-650
Letter Grade: B GCS Score: 80-89 -- LS MISA Score Range: 744-756 Am Gov Score Range: 442-465
Letter Grade: C GCS Score: 70-79 -- LS MISA Score Range: 737-743 Am Gov Score Range: 419-441
Letter Grade: D GCS Score: 60-69 -- LS MISA Score Range: 731-736 Am Gov Score Range: 394-418
Letter Grade: E GCS Score: 50-59 -- LS MISA Score Range: 650-730 Am Gov Score Range: 240-393

What does the Grade Conversion Score chart mean?
The “Test Scale Score” refers to the student’s EOC exam overall (either LS MISA or American Government). It is based on the questions answered correctly on the exam.
The “GCS Score” refers to the Grade Conversion Scale score that is based on the Test Scale Score. It has a floor of 50 and a ceiling of 100.
The “Letter Grade” refers to the grade, A through E, the student received on the EOC exam and that will count for 20 percent of the student’s final course grade. The Letter Grade is based on the GCS score: a GCS score of 90 and above converts to a letter grade of “A,” 80 through 89 to a “B,” 70 through 79 to a “C,” 60 through 69 to a “D,” and 59 and below to a letter grade of “E.”

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

yes it was insanely difficult this year - especially the first semester - one of my kids APEX bio classes every student got an A on the MISA - so the teacher just told them out loud that they all got an A. The other class there were a few Bs so he had the kids come up one by one if they wanted to know their grade.

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Anonymous wrote:while i don't see grades yet - one of my 9th graders said her teacher told her today that most of the class got As with a few Bs on the LS-MISA. This is an advanced freshman bio class

All bio classes are designated as "honors," so there's no such thing as an advanced bio class (same with English - everyone's "advanced").

I think maybe there is Apex bio at one of the Ws and Global bio at Poolesville? There may be more

That Apex bio class is crushingly difficult this year so I would hope those kids got As!

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Anonymous wrote:My DS’ score is in canvas. Listed as score #/0. It’s not in synergy.

Where on canvas? I don’t see it.

Anonymous wrote:My DS’ score is in canvas. Listed as score #/0. It’s not in synergy.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone seen the grading scale posted? My child scored 756, which he said was one point from an A.

If 757 is the minimum for an A, then it sounds like they are pulling many people who score level 3 into the category. I pulled this from earlier in the thread from last year:

Level 4 (Distinguished): 4% - cutoff 772/850
Level 3 (Proficient): 30% - cutoff 750/850
Level 2 (Developing): 41% - cutoff 731/850
Level 1 (Beginning): 25% - cutoff 650/850

Anonymous wrote:Anyone seen the grading scale posted? My child scored 756, which he said was one point from an A.