How things change in a decade!

[Anonymous]

No what I’m pointing out is that people say Walls has better test scores than Banneker. I’m saying you have to consider that in light of Banneker’s 3x higher, 69 percent Black population, a population that underperforms on tests independent of everything else. They are likely educating very well but test scores aren’t the best way to see that. That’s the whole point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No what I’m pointing out is that people say Walls has better test scores than Banneker. I’m saying you have to consider that in light of Banneker’s 3x higher, 69 percent Black population, a population that underperforms on tests independent of everything else. They are likely educating very well but test scores aren’t the best way to see that. That’s the whole point.

But the whole point is that if I'm considering whether the schools have equivalent student bodies overall -- which was the claim the PP who brought this up was responding to -- then the fact that they have wildly different SAT averages, whatever the reason, is clearly relevant!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No what I’m pointing out is that people say Walls has better test scores than Banneker. I’m saying you have to consider that in light of Banneker’s 3x higher, 69 percent Black population, a population that underperforms on tests independent of everything else. They are likely educating very well but test scores aren’t the best way to see that. That’s the whole point.

Black kids don’t under-perform just because they are black. It is not race related and independent of everything else.

It is because they are behind in content knowledge, analysis, etc… due to coming from poorly performing and low resourced schools. They, as a race, also tend to have much higher truancy rates. They also have higher rates of trauma and poverty which affects performance in school.

Factors above and such are related to poverty and low SES.

[Anonymous]

Such an entertaining discussion to read, as the parent of a high-scoring Banneker student.

If you have a smart kid looking for a demanding high school education, Banneker is an excellent choice.

If you are looking for a school full of affluent white kids, Banneker is not it. But you didn’t need SAT data to tell you that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Such an entertaining discussion to read, as the parent of a high-scoring Banneker student.

If you have a smart kid looking for a demanding high school education, Banneker is an excellent choice.

If you are looking for a school full of affluent white kids, Banneker is not it. But you didn’t need SAT data to tell you that.

Honestly, no one is crazier about race than young white leftists. They treat black people like they are baby rabbits who need their protection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No what I’m pointing out is that people say Walls has better test scores than Banneker. I’m saying you have to consider that in light of Banneker’s 3x higher, 69 percent Black population, a population that underperforms on tests independent of everything else. They are likely educating very well but test scores aren’t the best way to see that. That’s the whole point.

Eugenics has entered the discussion! Did you really just argue that black kids are worse at testing than white kids, all other factors being equal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MacArthur will be the top public high school in the city 10 years from now.

😂😂

[Anonymous]

I remember when we first moved here how we kept hearing how amazing Oyster-Adams was. Here we are 10 years and three principals later and we're still waiting to see what's so great about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MacArthur will be the top public high school in the city 10 years from now.

😂😂

Come back in 10 years and remember this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MacArthur will be the top public high school in the city 10 years from now.

😂😂

Come back in 10 years and remember this

In 10 years, DCPS will have removed books altogether from MacArthur and other public schools. Everyone will just read AI-generated summaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No what I’m pointing out is that people say Walls has better test scores than Banneker. I’m saying you have to consider that in light of Banneker’s 3x higher, 69 percent Black population, a population that underperforms on tests independent of everything else. They are likely educating very well but test scores aren’t the best way to see that. That’s the whole point.

Eugenics has entered the discussion! Did you really just argue that black kids are worse at testing than white kids, all other factors being equal?

Lay off the performative concern. “Black” (note the quotes) students do test lower even when controlling for SES, etc. there are many reasons and they’re sociological not genetic. Signed, a black person who does test well.

[Anonymous]

Students will still be wearing surgical masks in class.
Students will still be wearing ski masks in class.
Students will still be wearing puffer jackets with hoods in class.
Students will still be wearing all of the above at once in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Such an entertaining discussion to read, as the parent of a high-scoring Banneker student.

If you have a smart kid looking for a demanding high school education, Banneker is an excellent choice.

If you are looking for a school full of affluent white kids, Banneker is not it. But you didn’t need SAT data to tell you that.

+1, knowing multiple kids at both Walls and Banneker (would be thrilled if my own child got a spot either place, Banneker is much closer to where we live) the idea that Banneker kids are somehow inferior is laughable to me. Banneker is slightly larger and, yes, has a larger at risk population. No idea where the PP is getting SAT scores but I would assume that would account for the difference in scores. They are not directly equivalent populations. But the kids I know both places are all incredibly accomplished.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No what I’m pointing out is that people say Walls has better test scores than Banneker. I’m saying you have to consider that in light of Banneker’s 3x higher, 69 percent Black population, a population that underperforms on tests independent of everything else. They are likely educating very well but test scores aren’t the best way to see that. That’s the whole point.

Eugenics has entered the discussion! Did you really just argue that black kids are worse at testing than white kids, all other factors being equal?

So… descriptively this is just a statistical reality. Eugenics only enters in as a causal mechanism.

I, personally, believe that the disparity in test scores and achievement is a function of poverty and cultures that don’t really care about academic achievement. That is not a eugenics argument.

A eugenics argument would be that African Americans don’t get good test scores because they are genetically dumber. That argument is monstrous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MacArthur will be the top public high school in the city 10 years from now.

😂😂

Come back in 10 years and remember this

In 10 years, DCPS will have removed books altogether from MacArthur and other public schools. Everyone will just read AI-generated summaries.

Summaries? List of bullet poibts