This policy would allow students who pass an Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaurate (IB) course, along with its accompanying test, to be exempt from the EOC Test.
Further information can be found on the agenda item from the meeting. The Item is B. 14:
https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=1262&MID=74997
This move follows the news that 21 schools districts around the state of Georgia have been given approval to substitute their own tests for the state standardized tests. 2 local school systems, City of Marietta and Clayton County Schools are part of the Georgia MAP Assessment Partnership.
Perhaps we're on the way to allowing districts to have more flexibility in the required standardized testing. One can only hope.
School scores will go down, though, if the students taking the advanced courses don't take the EOC exams.
ReplyDeleteIt will be hard to measure success and also will be hard to compare year-to-year scores, especially if certain AP courses are only given every other year.
Yes, the GADOE will have to incorporate these results into the CCRPI scoring. Easier said than done I believe.
ReplyDeleteIt's important to worry about "buildings" and "overcrowding", but there are other factors that affect student achievement and I hope communities do not lose site of this and concentrate only on the " physical plant" side of issues.
ReplyDeleteI did email my concerns about this new policy to the SBOE. Here is the email address if you wish to comment as well. There will be a public hearing on the proposed rule September 26th at the State Board room. More information can be found at this link: https://www.gadoe.org/External-Affairs-and-Policy/State-Board-of-Education/Proposed%20Rulemakings/160-3-1-.07%20NPRM.pdf