The District of Columbia's annual assessment of mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA) was released today, September 2, 2022. Known as PARCC, The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers is an assessment based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Mundo Verde administered the PARCC assessment in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math in the spring of 2022 for the first time in three years. Our results reflect the participation of 218 Mundo Verde students in grades 3-5.
As in past years, the District’s Office of the State Superintendent (OSSE) OSSE makes available data on how students across the District of Columbia performed at each of the five performance levels:
Level 1 – Did not meet expectation
Level 2 – Partially met expectations
Level 3 – Approached expectations
Level 4 – Met expectations
Level 5 – Exceeds expectations
The results by level are also shared for each school, grade, and demographic group – race, ethnicity and gender, as well as whether students are identified distinctly as English learners, in need of special education, or economically disadvantaged.
The data is very useful -- and easily misunderstood due to the statistical complexity. Interpreting PARCC results for the 2021-22 school year will be difficult, as it is the first somewhat normal year after two years of disrupted learning. Whether the scores are measuring the impact of the pandemic, student progress from two years prior, the consequences of the “great [teacher] resignation” or some combination will no doubt be the source of much discussion once the scores are released and analyzed. As always, Mundo Verde will make our analysis available to all members of the community.
Mundo Verde’s Expanded Definition of Student Success
PARCC assessment results are one of several measures that together create a broader picture of a child’s progress at Mundo Verde. The measures include academic reports; NWEA MAP tests in English Language Arts, Spanish Language Arts, and Math; oral Spanish proficiency assessments, reading assessments in English and Spanish; classroom performance; teacher feedback; and – for 5th graders – evaluations of Spanish comprehension, writing, reading, and speaking through STAMP. Learn more about Mundo Verde’s expanded definition of student success in this
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s report
profiling schools that are expanding the definition of student success.