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CallMeHelicase t1_j7qr8gn wrote

How do the parents feel about this? My parents were always hyper focused on grades, and I can't imagine them being okay with me failing math.

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JBG1973 t1_j7rtedq wrote

I would like to compare the success of city school students on these tests to the success of Fox news viewers.

As a parent of a student at one of these schools, all of the data that we have suggest that our child is doing just fine in math (math SAT, National merit commended scholar, AP exam scores) so I tend to think that there is something unique about the data set that Fox is misinterpreting.

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CallMeHelicase t1_j7srbgo wrote

Thank you for weighing in! It indeed confirms my suspicions that minimally these scores (if they are real) do not reflect actual ability

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AffectionatePizza408 t1_j7rgi8j wrote

City Schools ELA teacher here. Not proficient doesn’t necessarily mean that the student is failing math class, grades are entirely separate from state exams. I have many students who pass with D’s but would not necessarily test proficiently on a state test.

I teach freshman English and the majority of my students come to me reading at 5th grade level or below (some far below). Sure, there’s an argument that they should be failed and repeat the course until they read proficiently on grade level, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon.

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brownshoez t1_j7vmqcz wrote

I think thats kind of the main problem... which is also the hardest to fix

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