ConcreteThinking t1_j7qdask wrote on February 8, 2023 at 5:47 PM

Reply to comment by Matt3989 in 23 Baltimore schools have zero students proficient in math, per state test results by bobbyw24

Not trolling I am genuinely interested in your point. Are you saying since it's a Fox news story there are really fewer than 23 schools that have no students proficient in math? If so how much do you think they are lying. Two schools, ten, all proficient?

Matt3989 t1_j7qfpac wrote on February 8, 2023 at 6:02 PM

I think that they are misrepresenting whatever data they have.

MCAP has Math testing for grades 1-8, Algebra 1, 2, and Geometry. The results are not broken down by age. What criteria are they using for "High School Proficiency"

Judging based on other "Project Baltimore" pieces, I would be very hesitant to trust anything from them. If their numbers are solid, why not include data and methodology?

ConcreteThinking t1_j7qhrru wrote on February 8, 2023 at 6:15 PM

Maybe so. The one chart from Md Board of Ed they include in the article shows that the average in the city is 7% proficient in math. I guess some schools could be at 0% and others higher since it is an average. Pretty bad. Even the highest scoring county in the state, Carroll, only managed to teach 38% of their students to a proficient level.