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Questions from Parents (outside the field of education)

Questions from Parents (outside the field of education). Why did the scale change? What are you doing to improve low scores? Did my child’s level change? Is teacher going to teach differently so my child can get back to the level they were before? Why are my child’s scores dropping?

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Questions from Parents (outside the field of education)

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  1. Questions from Parents (outside the field of education) • Why did the scale change? • What are you doing to improve low scores? • Did my child’s level change? • Is teacher going to teach differently so my child can get back to the level they were before? • Why are my child’s scores dropping? • I haven’t heard anything about this. . .

  2. A Helpful Growth Analogy Well-Child Visits Height & Weight Measurements compared against standards—usually presented in Percentiles 3 month-old at 15 pounds is at the 90th Percentile in weight Child is compared to thousands of other 3 month-olds to gauge growth Student Growth Percentiles does the same thing—compares a child’s score to other children who had the same score. It plots a trajectory of how much those children scored.

  3. Student Growth Percentiles Earn higher scores for rate (how fast) and amount of growth of each student.

  4. New Cut Scores— “NAEP-ized”

  5. The Obesity Scale • A few years ago, the cut scores for obesity were adjusted • When the new scales came out, many more people were considered obese

  6. The Cholesterol Scale • The change in the cholesterol scale made caused a significant increase in people taking cholesterol medicine. • One Dr. visit, tests were normal; the next, medicine was prescribed.

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