""As one way of checking that MCAS scores are accurate, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education releases preliminary MCAS results to districts and gives them time to report any issues during a discrepancy period each year," a DESE spokesperson told Boston.com. "During this year's discrepancy period, DESE learned that a technical issue led to some student essays not being scored accurately, and the issue was resolved in early August.""
"A teacher at the Reilly Elementary School in Lowell noticed a discrepancy between their student's essays and their scores and notified a principal and district leaders in mid-July, which is within the discrepancy period, Assistant Superintendent Wendy Crocker-Roberge of Lowell Public Schools told Boston.com. "Two essays appeared to be off by one and two points each, but the third essay, which was originally scored a zero out of seven, I re-rated as a six out of seven." Crocker-Roberge said."
A temporary technical issue caused incorrect scoring of approximately 1,400 MCAS essays out of 750,000, affecting roughly one or two students' scores in each of 145 districts. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education releases preliminary MCAS results to districts and uses an annual discrepancy period to identify and address score issues. A teacher in Lowell noticed score discrepancies in mid-July and reported them; one essay originally scored 0 of 7 was re-rated 6 of 7. The testing contractor Cognia investigated, rescored affected essays, re-examined random batches, and the issue was resolved in early August. The use of AI to score MCAS essays remains relatively new.
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