Ok so Im confused. Heres a quiz. Read these 2 paragraphs from the Louisiana Believes website about assignment of school letter grades in the latest report. - School letter grades will be awarded based on a curve in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. The curve will be determined using the 2012-2013 distribution. For example, if 10 percent of schools earned an A in 2012-2013, the top 10 percent of schools would earn an A in 2013-2014 and in 2014-2015. The percentage of students scoring “mastery” and above on grade 3-8 tests increased by 1 percent in English language arts and 2 percent in math to record high levels; graduation rates rose by 1.2 percentage points to 73.5 percent, a record high; 23,560 seniors earned college-going ACT scores, a state record; and 6,407 Louisiana students earned college credit by passing an Advanced Placement test, a state record. As a result, the number of schools earning a letter grade ratings of “A” increased by 54, resulting in 241 “A” schools in 2014 compared to 187 in 2013. - So now, it seems to me that if the top 10% of schools get an A in 2013, and the top 10% of schools get an A in 2014... Wouldnt the same number of schools get an A? So how did the As go up from 187 to 241? #eurekamath?? #pencilwhip?? #johnwhitefuzzynumbers?? I have a guess at the answer. What do you all think? I think what they did was curved ONLY up, to ensure letter grades would increase regardless of change in actual scores. (Edit: apparently thats wrong, as some have pointed out some grades did go down... So Im left with it just doesnt make any sense at all...) Useful report DoE. Thanks.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:41:18 +0000
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