Loudoun Math
The phrase "canary in a a coal mine" comes to mind with these statistics. In this very informal, brief analysis of public data by a LCPS constituent, while Loudoun County debates how much of the annual school budget to allocate on Promethean Boards, nearly 50% (for 2012-2013) of Loudoun High Schools (14 out of 33) are yielding a Math SOL (Standards of Learning Tests) failure rate equal or greater than the statewide average - and in many cases, almost double the statewide failure rate (for example the Algebra 1 failure rate at Heritage, Freedom, Park View and Tuscarora are all greater than 48%, 2X the statewide average). The numbers simply speak for themselves - the reasons and solutions probably need critical, more focused attention, particularly if LCPS has any chance of evolving its capabilities in STEM education.
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posted by T at
10:59 AM
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Here's an update from the 2020-2021 year, obviously with the Covid issue front and center - VDOE scores show abysmal failure...though a little strangely, it indicates the top students aren't quite as impacted (being top students, likely supported by the demographic segments that traditionally maintain focus on advanced academics).
Looking specifically at Freedom High School (a community we know well), the failure rates for Alg 1, Geometry and Alg 2 are 58%, 31% and 13% respectively. The "advanced" score failure rate (i.e. those scores achieving at least 500 out of 600) are 100%, 100% and 83%, respectively.
Loudoun-wide, the failure rates are 35%, 21% and 15%, respectively, and 92%, 89% and 80% failure to achieve "advanced" scores.
This is bottom-of-the-barrel scoring, embarrassing to the entire country.
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