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ELA Courses were not uploaded; therefore, we could not connect at the beginning of the school year.  It caused much anxiety and stress to a group of educators that showed up armed to do their very best.  There is still time for DCPS  to shine and take a LOAD OFF our plates: Say a kind not yet to RCT and PARCC for this unprecedented wartime/still pandemic school year  of 2021-2022.  Let's GO out with a shining star to it go for now and regroup.    Try again with some of the suggestions listed and especially more working tech. for k-2 grade to do this work.  

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ELA Courses were not uploaded; therefore, we could not connect at the beginning of the school year.  It caused much anxiety and stress to a group of educators that showed up armed to do their very best.  There is still time for DCPS  to shine and take a LOAD OFF our plates: Say a kind not yet to RCT and PARCC for this unprecedented wartime/still pandemic school year  of 2021-2022.  Let's GO out with a shining star to it go for now and regroup.    Try again with some of the suggestions listed and especially more working tech. for k-2 grade to do this work.  

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Yes, it has been established, that RCT's are heavy loads on teachers and students. Yes, for some RCT's different information other than ANET, DIBELS, TRC, IREADY and RI can be taken away but at what STAKE/At whose expense?   Where I see lifting up what students are doing/learning is to make progress monitoring a REQUIREMENT.  

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Yes, it has been established, that RCT's are heavy loads on teachers and students. Yes, for some RCT's different information other than ANET, DIBELS, TRC, IREADY and RI can be taken away but at what STAKE/At whose expense?   Where I see lifting up what students are doing/learning is to make progress monitoring a REQUIREMENT.  

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When I speak on combining SS and ELA, I am talking about the Unit Topics.

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The point of a grading rubric should be that its student facing. If not, then why are you even grading the assignment.

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Add more multiple choice questions to assess content so writing is not a barrier.

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Add more multiple choice questions to assess content so writing is not a barrier.

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Suggestion-RCTs could be interview and multiple choice. Then slowly start adding the expectation of writing a sentence.
Remember students are having a hard time writing full sentences. They are still learning letters and sounds. I had first graders crying in September when I gave the first RCT saying "I don't know how to write words". Remember last year when they were on line, some students did not log on at all and or they were very inconsistent. Some students are 1 and 2 years behind. First graders functioning on a Pre-K and K level.

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In term 1, I had to adminsiter 15 DCPS-required assessments to my students. In a year that should be all about bringing the joy back after a tough virtual year, and about closing academic gaps, it was so discouraging for my kids and frustrating for me. We wasted SO MUCH TIME on assessments. I already knew what they needed. I had no time to provide it.

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Include teachers in real-time in the restructuring process of assessment creation.

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Alignment within the whole curriculum should be considered too, not just ELA/SS.  In 2nd grade science, students learn about plants AND in ELA they learn about plants. Due to departmentalization and new teachers (to the grade, not to the district), this was not realized and was a lost opportunity. An alignment document (maybe it exists?) would be incredibly helpful.

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Alignment within the whole curriculum should be considered too, not just ELA/SS.  In 2nd grade science, students learn about plants AND in ELA they learn about plants. Due to departmentalization and new teachers (to the grade, not to the district), this was not realized and was a lost opportunity. An alignment document (maybe it exists?) would be incredibly helpful.

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Additionally, there has been entirely too much testing this year. One of my ELL/SPED students is experiencing extreme anxiety at home due to the testing, to the point that she is pulling out her hair (as a coping mechanism). 

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Additionally, there has been entirely too much testing this year. One of my ELL/SPED students is experiencing extreme anxiety at home due to the testing, to the point that she is pulling out her hair (as a coping mechanism). 

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SS, Science, ELA, Math please stop calendaring.  There are too many RCTs

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SS, Science, ELA, Math please stop calendaring.  There are too many RCTs

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Departmentalized classes don't have time to teach SS, when we have to focus on Fundations, Heggerty, and RRW! 

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Departmentalized classes don't have time to teach SS, when we have to focus on Fundations, Heggerty, and RRW! 

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We are spending so much time through student assessment proving that we are doing our jobs, that we don't actually have time to do our jobs: teach. Inappropriate amount of assessment for students.

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The curriculum is very heavy for students on top of the ELA units. While teaching then both, the content became boring and much efforts were put in to making it fun and engaging.

The writing rubrics should be the same.

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Pare down the curriculum to streamline it to the most important ideas. It MUST reflect our reality.

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The RCTs are not developmentally appropriate, especially for K-2. Most of the students at our school are below grade level in reading, and these assessments are not accessible for them, especially with our large SPED population. There needs to be another way to assess that's appropriate for the student population and their needs. 

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The RCTs are not developmentally appropriate, especially for K-2. Most of the students at our school are below grade level in reading, and these assessments are not accessible for them, especially with our large SPED population. There needs to be another way to assess that's appropriate for the student population and their needs. 

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Why did DCPS spend millions of dollars on Mastery Connect when some schools don't have functioning HVACs, many classrooms don't have functioning smart boards, and many schools are lacking teacher and student devices that function.

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Technology...Computers available only when students have to take RCTs. Spend so much time having to assist with logging them in.

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First Grade Curriculm is a very challenging for little brains. Its too denseeeeee. Then American Symbols and then an American Symbols ELA unit seems a bit much. Black History would go great to replace this. (Seconded from a different padlet response) Repetitve the units are exactly the same. I do enjoy Economics and ALL about money running together.

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Instructional Time is the biggest barrier. I know that SS and ELA are being kept apart. But aligning the contents makes it so much easier for teachers and know this helps with time.

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Finding the Social Studies materials to upload continues to be a hurdle.

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RCT rollout was done wrong. DCPS should not have mandated this district-wide. This should have been piloted in a few schools so that these massive gaps and errors could have been correctly. You can't roll something out across the district without any teacher feedback, and without considering the wide range of students that DCPS services. Leadership 101.

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Barriers...where do I begin? Time, preparedness of the kids-some of these RCTs are not developmentally appropriate and ALMOST all of them I've had to adapt for my students so that the convoluted questions and tasks make sense, there's no choice involved and tasks are often always essay based. If our goal is capture what students know, then let them show it in a way that works best for THEM. There has to be a better way to align the SS and ELA curriculum and a way to assess both without over assessing them. 

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Barriers...where do I begin? Time, preparedness of the kids-some of these RCTs are not developmentally appropriate and ALMOST all of them I've had to adapt for my students so that the convoluted questions and tasks make sense, there's no choice involved and tasks are often always essay based. If our goal is capture what students know, then let them show it in a way that works best for THEM. There has to be a better way to align the SS and ELA curriculum and a way to assess both without over assessing them. 

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I understand trying to make sure all schools are unified, but RCTs take the creativity out of our curriculum. not to mention that they aren't always what's best for our students

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It is difficult to have time to teach Social Studies on a consistent basis (Time restraints).

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When we do all of the RCTs plus all of the other testing we do, it is just so hard to get it all done. SS probably gets pushed to the bottom of the pile.

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We are legally required to provide accommodations for students with IEPs. We should be providing accommodations for students who are ELL, unique learners, or just need extra support.

The lack of adapted work is a common issue across all DCPS unit plans and now RCTs. It saddens me that DCPS never provides adapted work, work banks, sentence stems, visual supports, reduced work expectation, etc. for students with unique learning needs- they know that the teachers will take the time to do it ourselves. Particularly frustrating to hear people in the Plenary, and the chancellor, boasting about their free time when I've spent countless hours of my personal time adapting RCTs for my students.

If you are going to require something of teachers it should be completely done, and done well, standards-based in the correct grade level, with adapted work samples to extend up and to accommodate down, and the rubric should be unique for each assignemnt and logically make sense for that age group of children.

These RCTs were slapped together with a one size fits all rubric for grades K-5 that is not applicable for any grade level.

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Make curriculum and MATERIALS that correlate with the grade it's being taught to!!

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Make curriculum and MATERIALS that correlate with the grade it's being taught to!!

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No time to Maslow before Blooming, with all of the testing.

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No time to Maslow before Blooming, with all of the testing.

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SS,  ELA, Science, and Math Departments should stop calendaring and meet with each other before assigning RCTs.  

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SS,  ELA, Science, and Math Departments should stop calendaring and meet with each other before assigning RCTs.  

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There are too many RCTs in general.

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RCTs are not useful in planning or as an evaluative tool. Please reconsider the cost vs benefit in terms of time spent and reward.

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RCTs are not useful in planning or as an evaluative tool. Please reconsider the cost vs benefit in terms of time spent and reward.

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The full social studies curriculum cannot be even close to fully taught in the 40 minutes a week that we have it scheduled. It also seems to be the first thing to go or the first time block suggested to be used for assessments/make-ups or school events, so there are some months that go by with only a couple of social studies classes. Student absences add to this so that some students hardly get any social studies curriculum at all.

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The full social studies curriculum cannot be even close to fully taught in the 40 minutes a week that we have it scheduled. It also seems to be the first thing to go or the first time block suggested to be used for assessments/make-ups or school events, so there are some months that go by with only a couple of social studies classes. Student absences add to this so that some students hardly get any social studies curriculum at all.

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Love Kindergarten social studies. RCTs are a waste of time

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Love Kindergarten social studies. RCTs are a waste of time

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Unfortunately there is not enough time to implement RCT's as envisioned. The amount of testing students are taking this year is ridiculous. The pacing of the social studies curriculum is unrealistic. At my school social studies is only taught 2-3 times a week. 

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Unfortunately there is not enough time to implement RCT's as envisioned. The amount of testing students are taking this year is ridiculous. The pacing of the social studies curriculum is unrealistic. At my school social studies is only taught 2-3 times a week. 

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RCTs are not accessible to Kindergarteners. It's wrong to ask so much of students of their age in general but also after the last two years.

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RCTs are not accessible to Kindergarteners. It's wrong to ask so much of students of their age in general but also after the last two years.

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Time. Also, this school year is very unique. Over 70% of the 1st graders were below in reading. The task we are asking of them is too much. Some students are still struggling with PC

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Textbook: I wish to have a classroom use only textbook to teach SS.

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Textbook: I wish to have a classroom use only textbook to teach SS.

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We are not 1:1 in 1st grade so as a teacher, I am recreating the RCTs to be in a printable format for my students to complete. I then have to go through and grade each one individually and input the scores. It takes way too much time from my prep when I could be preparing meaningful and impactful work for my students.

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There are already so many assessments in our first graders normal week/month. It's entirely too much assessment and not enough time spent just learning. 

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There are already so many assessments in our first graders normal week/month. It's entirely too much assessment and not enough time spent just learning. 

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Not enough time with all of the other assessments that need to be given.

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I agree with many others who stated that there simply isn't enough time to complete the RCTs. Especially considering every subject requires RCTs now. We either end up teaching to the RCT or doing it for the sake of getting it done. With the added piece of Mastery Tracker this year, it just all feels like too much.

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Definitely too much testing!!!

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The rubrics aren't helpful and don't match directly with the assignment.

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The rubrics aren't helpful and don't match directly with the assignment.

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Just not helpful on so many levels.

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RCT's are rushed to complete even if students do not understand content.

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RCT's are rushed to complete even if students do not understand content.

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No confirmation from school leadership that we should do social studies instruction. Huge emphasis on ELA.

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On a personal note my 4th grader gets a lot out of PBL in class and group work on SS topics. He also does well with reporting out using presentations. I think this way of assessing is better than tests and can further share knowledge with other students- student led learning. 

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On a personal note my 4th grader gets a lot out of PBL in class and group work on SS topics. He also does well with reporting out using presentations. I think this way of assessing is better than tests and can further share knowledge with other students- student led learning. 

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Doesn't seem to be accessible to ESL students. The asks are far beyond their ability

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Not into the US Symbols unit for Grade 1

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Not into the US Symbols unit for Grade 1

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I personally do not like teaching this unit, because it focuses on past US Symbols. I think this is a great opportunity to incorporate more Black History into the curriculum.

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I am in support of SO many of the comments here. Speaking out will allow for change. Please hear us. We love teaching and know what our students need and how they learn best. We are there every day and give everything to our kids.

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Assignments need to be more exploratory and project based at the elementary level. It would be beneficial to have engaging tangible materials and colorful visuals.

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Tooo many RCT/assessments not enough teaching time! Just unrealistic

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Really wish that content experts/teachers from each specific grade level could be paid to come together to work on aligning RCTs with whats being taught at the different points in the school year. We know what we're teaching and when and what different standards would actually be helpful to assess.

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I believe that RCTs should have been modified for all students being that the students were on-line for a year in half due to the Pandemic. Writing a paragraph for the ELA RCT was very stressful for my students. I believe it should be a goal for the end of the year. In September/October some of my students did not know all their letters and sounds to even write a complete sentence.

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The SS curriculum is dense and difficult to fit into an already PACKED day - especially given that in previous years students haven't always had access to SS so there are gaps.

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I feel like we have lofty goals for SS instruction.  How can we successfully implement those goals. 

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I feel like we have lofty goals for SS instruction.  How can we successfully implement those goals. 

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Will anybody in our building be able to assist us with setting up RCT on Mastery Connect if necessary?

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Thus far, every Kindergarten RCT question has been poorly written. It is hard as an adult to decipher what the question is asking. There is a misconnect between the expected learning and the wording of the tasks.

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The mastery connect is not helpful and always have problems.

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The mastery connect is not helpful and always have problems.

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RCT: Wondering: Who is looking at this data, and what are they doing with it that the RI, Dibels, TRC, ANET, IREADY-ELA, Math doesn't already tell us?  

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RCT: Wondering: Who is looking at this data, and what are they doing with it that the RI, Dibels, TRC, ANET, IREADY-ELA, Math doesn't already tell us?  

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There is a HUGE disconnect in what we are being asked to implement and the reality of what can actually be done in the time we have in our classrooms. We value the rich content but think that the RCTs are a waste of time. There has to be a better way.

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For first graders, it's very challenging to write out their answers, especially ELLs. Can we shift towards oral RCTs potentially?

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Time is a big hurdle.  RCT's should not have been started this year. A barrier to RCT's is that we are not a one to one school and to do the RCT's on the devices is extremely difficult. We spend so much time testing in all subject areas that it is not beneficial for the students.

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Time is a big hurdle.  RCT's should not have been started this year. A barrier to RCT's is that we are not a one to one school and to do the RCT's on the devices is extremely difficult. We spend so much time testing in all subject areas that it is not beneficial for the students.

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The RCT is a waste of time! It feels like just another assessment thrown into the mix.

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We need to stop combining ELA and SS. ELA is to teach students reading and writing skills. SS is content. When we blend them together, the cognitive lift is too much for elementary students who are still learning to write and respond. SS needs to be content based and assignments need to relate to interacting with the content.

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My third-grade students are struggling readers and therefore, we have prioritized Fundations instruction to support students who are unable to access the SS/current ELA content. This leaves little time for SS instruction and proper preparation the implementation of RCTs.

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Change the R in RCT from Required to Recommended. Allow teachers to either use the DCPS provided RCT OR to design their own summative project around the standards should they feel that they can assess learning in a way more appropriate for their students.

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As a kindergarten teacher I feel the SS curriculum is too advance especially with the population of my students being well below grade level. It causes unnecessary anxiety and another "assessment" to implement.

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The students feel like they are failing. They are not. We are failing them with the overtesting we subject them to.

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The students feel like they are failing. They are not. We are failing them with the overtesting we subject them to.

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Barrier: Time and resources (computers) to complete RCTs

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Barrier: Time and resources (computers) to complete RCTs

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1st graders are lost and not interested unit -Maya, Aztec, Inca Civilization

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mastery connect was also a huge hurdle and some teachers still don't have full access- and for elementary, using paper based is a much better option

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I teach to the RCT. No time for the curriculum to be executed. This is true for all subject RCTs. The students are not actually learning skills, just memorizing things for a test or assessment. Sad and no way to teach.

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Due to time constraints, my grade level partner and alternate between science & SS. Time is a big issue. We feel like we rush to get RCTs done and need more time to teach the content before doing the RCTs.

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Lack of resources, lack of support!

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Ways to make it more fun and interesting (more videos, etc.). Right now for SS and Science, for the more interesting videos you need to money to sign up for memberships (ex. generation genius) would be nice to have.

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Too many assessments scheduled at the same time. We need to streamline the process and either reduce some of the RCTs or create a calendar where we are not doing RCTs back to back. It leaves very little time for actual instruction.

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I liked how this clearly showed the framework of each RCT being completed for each quarter.

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The EL supplements were helpful for the first few RCTs but there are currently no supplements linked for the rest of the year. It's not clear what ELs can/cannot be provided. Differentiation is necessary. Typing is also a huge barrier in the lower grades. The students that can dictate as an accommodation (EL1) are able to do better than students who cannot type well, so the RCT isn't fairly measuring what students know or even when they could write if they could hand write.

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The EL supplements were helpful for the first few RCTs but there are currently no supplements linked for the rest of the year. It's not clear what ELs can/cannot be provided. Differentiation is necessary. Typing is also a huge barrier in the lower grades. The students that can dictate as an accommodation (EL1) are able to do better than students who cannot type well, so the RCT isn't fairly measuring what students know or even when they could write if they could hand write.

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Why don't you trust teachers? Why do we need to be constantly micromanaged? As an all subjects teacher, I'm expected to do 5 RCTs PLUS all the other high-stakes testing (TRC, Diebels, iReady, Reading Inventory) PLUS all the tests for each subject . What a colossal waste of time. Let teachers teach.

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Why don't you trust teachers? Why do we need to be constantly micromanaged? As an all subjects teacher, I'm expected to do 5 RCTs PLUS all the other high-stakes testing (TRC, Diebels, iReady, Reading Inventory) PLUS all the tests for each subject . What a colossal waste of time. Let teachers teach.

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It would have been better to slowly roll out RCTs.  Was this the best year to implement this new platform for assessment?

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It would have been better to slowly roll out RCTs.  Was this the best year to implement this new platform for assessment?

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Given the limitations of it's design, Mastery connect has not helped inform my instruction at all. It lacks any room for nuance that allows me to accurately capture students strengths and weaknesses on a wholistic level. It is simply another DCPS hoop teachers are asked to jump through.

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Too much testing! The kids are stressed out as it is. I have kids get really upset any time that we do one.

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Too much testing! The kids are stressed out as it is. I have kids get really upset any time that we do one.

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The pacing is too fast. My students have deficiencies in many foundational skills which have to be kept in mind and addressed as I progress through the curriculum. In addition, interruptions or necessary adjustments in instruction due to the pandemic, staff shortages, or standardized testing schedules are not taken taken into account. This results in a discombobulated instructional flow as I struggle to give my students the best opportunity to perform well on these assessments. The RCT as it is presently weighted seems to be a superfluous task and an unnecessary added stress to students and staff who are fighting to establish stability, confidence, and morale at this unprecedented time.

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There seem to be several RCTs across grade levels that fall within the PARCC window... I don't know that this was taken into consideration beforehand.

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unclear expectations and conflicting ideas about curriculum.  With the direction of our leadership we had to find our own K curriculum which aligns with standards but are not aligned with RCT's we learned about in November.

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unclear expectations and conflicting ideas about curriculum.  With the direction of our leadership we had to find our own K curriculum which aligns with standards but are not aligned with RCT's we learned about in November.

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Time constraints are a huge barrier,  and given the disruptions with COVID,  it has been challenging to  administer them with fidelity. 

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Time constraints are a huge barrier,  and given the disruptions with COVID,  it has been challenging to  administer them with fidelity. 

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I love the 5th grade SS curriculum and RCTs.  However, there are time constraints.  I feel like I am teaching to the RCT. Whereas the content is wonderful and would be great for my students.  

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I love the 5th grade SS curriculum and RCTs.  However, there are time constraints.  I feel like I am teaching to the RCT. Whereas the content is wonderful and would be great for my students.  

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The prep it takes to have students successfully complete the RCTs is very overwhelming. It often leads to students feeling like they are failing. Being at a school that is not departmentalized and having to manage RCTs in all subject areas, takes away a lot of learning time. We're giving RCTs almost weekly and not seeing the benefit of them.

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TIME is a HUGE hurdle! Based on my schedule I teach SS/Science every other week. That does not take into consideration days off, inclement weather, testing, etc., as a result my students are not able to learn the SS curriculum in its entirety or as laid out (pacing guide) as the district suggests.

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The curriculum seems to be designed for students who are far above grade level in reading. 

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The curriculum seems to be designed for students who are far above grade level in reading. 

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RCTs are a good idea, but should NOT have been launched or REQUIRED in a pandemic. Too much learning loss has happened, and there is not enough time to teach basic skills with all the testing and now RCTs, MTSS, etc. The fact they have implemented this in a year that is already so challenging for teachers AND students and that they are part of TAS shows that downtown has no idea what is happening in our classrooms and the trauma and challenges students and teachers are dealing with.

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I have found that RCTS are not assessments in my opinion, they are activities. I think that we should be able to choose our pacing as well. Following the given pacing has been stressful and choppy. ELA and SS should align in pacing.

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I have found that RCTS are not assessments in my opinion, they are activities. I think that we should be able to choose our pacing as well. Following the given pacing has been stressful and choppy. ELA and SS should align in pacing.

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Eliminate RCTs/Add Project Based Learning Opportunities 

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Eliminate RCTs/Add Project Based Learning Opportunities 

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100% agree that Social studies should be  project based learning in 2nd grade.

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Mastery Connect! Teachers will input scores only for them to not show. They will do this multiple times. Time is of great value to our educators and it gets wasted on a program with flaws.

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3rd Grade- Content students are asked to engage with is well above grade level literacy levels, especially considering the subject matter and vocabulary demands. It takes many hours for each unit to put in the scaffolds necessary for access. This is especially true for ESL students, which is the majority of my students. The RCTs also only assess through writing, which means any of my students who might be able to show deep thinking and learning around the subject matter but do not have the literacy skills are not able to demonstrate their learning. I recommend having a greater variety of questions and different access points for the RCTs. 3rd Grade is also asked to write 3 paragraphs, but the ELA standards according to Achieve the Core writing samples are only for 1 well organized paragraph. We are also an IB school, so we have 6 unit of inquiry and it is very difficult to follow the districts scopes and our units. PYP also asks for student action, but the limits on how students demonstrate their mastery with RCTs means they have no agency in what is suppose to be our final stage in inquiry: action.

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Students in the elementary schools do not have texts which are accessible to them.  If we are expected to teach content, teachers should have the resources to provide robust instruction for all learners ELLs, Sp. Ed, and general ed. students.

Rigor does not mean unattainable. For example a second graders are expected to read text at a 4th or 5th grad level.
The RCTs do not align with grade level CCSS.