DC CAS scores to be released 7/31/14

[Anonymous]

everything I read says 1 in 3 kids in DC live in poverty-got you numbers upside down??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do these score make anyone else want to just flee DC? It's like we're trying so hard to get into a handful of supposedly HRCSs when their scores are actually not that great.

Yep. Makes moving seem like a no-brainer.

[Anonymous]

DCPS Elementary Schools scoring above 90:

JKLM....RS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do these score make anyone else want to just flee DC? It's like we're trying so hard to get into a handful of supposedly HRCSs when their scores are actually not that great.

Well I don't feel as bad about our crappy lottery results that's for sure.

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Anonymous wrote:Do these score make anyone else want to just flee DC? It's like we're trying so hard to get into a handful of supposedly HRCSs when their scores are actually not that great.

Yep. Makes moving seem like a no-brainer.

Not for me. I see more and more families with kids moving into our neighborhood and their dedication to their schools - both DCPS & HRCS. I also see the unfortunate effects of displacement of those in poverty - many rent are being forced to move to PG County. I see this happening faster than the research is reporting it. Barry Farms and Anacostia development is just one example. Yes, we are talking 5+ years out - but my PS3 child will likely be fine in 3rd grade and beyond.

[Anonymous]

What did you think the scores were like? Any school doing above, say, 60% is doing pretty well by DC standards.

[Anonymous]

Glad they didn't X our neighborhood out of the Deal zone. Wasn't expecting Bancroft scores to be in the "focus" category. Such a disappointment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do these score make anyone else want to just flee DC? It's like we're trying so hard to get into a handful of supposedly HRCSs when their scores are actually not that great.

Yep. Makes moving seem like a no-brainer.

Not for me. I see more and more families with kids moving into our neighborhood and their dedication to their schools - both DCPS & HRCS. I also see the unfortunate effects of displacement of those in poverty - many rent are being forced to move to PG County. I see this happening faster than the research is reporting it. Barry Farms and Anacostia development is just one example. Yes, we are talking 5+ years out - but my PS3 child will likely be fine in 3rd grade and beyond.

Are you saying things will be a lot better in DCPS for your child because more middle class families are moving in and more poor families are moving out?

[Anonymous]

Maybe you should all be monitoring the trends of where displaced residents with kids are going. What if you move to MD or VA just to find out that you're back where you started.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do these score make anyone else want to just flee DC? It's like we're trying so hard to get into a handful of supposedly HRCSs when their scores are actually not that great.

Yep. Makes moving seem like a no-brainer.

Not for me. I see more and more families with kids moving into our neighborhood and their dedication to their schools - both DCPS & HRCS. I also see the unfortunate effects of displacement of those in poverty - many rent are being forced to move to PG County. I see this happening faster than the research is reporting it. Barry Farms and Anacostia development is just one example. Yes, we are talking 5+ years out - but my PS3 child will likely be fine in 3rd grade and beyond.

Are you saying things will be a lot better in DCPS for your child because more middle class families are moving in and more poor families are moving out?

not PP but yes, I think this is the reality that many of us are facing. middle class retention in the city is reaching a tipping point but it all hinges upon reliable school pathways.

[Anonymous]

Agree with both PPs

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe you should all be monitoring the trends of where displaced residents with kids are going. What if you move to MD or VA just to find out that you're back where you started.

This is exactly what's happening: See Fairfax and MoCo. They have the advantage of starting from a higher baseline.

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Anonymous wrote:Staff turnover = Assistant principal, Sp Ed Coordinator, Sp Ed teacher - all were on the team that coordinated taking DC CAS.

But you're talking as if it's a constant, yearly thing. I don't know why these specific staff members left, including whether they chose to leave or it was felt they weren't working out. The fact that 3 people are changing in one year hardly equates to regular, annual major staff turnover, which is how your previous comment sounded.

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Anonymous wrote:DCPS Elementary Schools scoring above 90:

JKLM....RS

90 is a pretty high bar. You're basically filtering for demographics at that point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do these score make anyone else want to just flee DC? It's like we're trying so hard to get into a handful of supposedly HRCSs when their scores are actually not that great.

Yep. Makes moving seem like a no-brainer.

Not for me. I see more and more families with kids moving into our neighborhood and their dedication to their schools - both DCPS & HRCS. I also see the unfortunate effects of displacement of those in poverty - many rent are being forced to move to PG County. I see this happening faster than the research is reporting it. Barry Farms and Anacostia development is just one example. Yes, we are talking 5+ years out - but my PS3 child will likely be fine in 3rd grade and beyond.

Are you saying things will be a lot better in DCPS for your child because more middle class families are moving in and more poor families are moving out?

Person you're responding tohere. We don't make enough money to be middle class so I'm in the poor category that you're referencing. I don't mind my child being in class with rich or poor kids. BUT the discussion I joined was about high SES "leaving DC" after 3rd grade because the scores are so low. As a long-time DC resident, I know all too well the effects of high SES families abandoning DC and moving to the suburbs. If that happened again in a major wave, my child be affected (and so would many other children.)

But what I'm seeing in real life is actually opposite of what I see on this board. I see dedicated parents doing hard work at their neighborhood schools and they actually CARE about the kids. On DCUM, it seems like everyone is just focused on their child. Fine, I get it. But there are many parents who believe that helping their community is helping their child.

It's a completely different mindset that I see here. The "it's a no-brainer" to leave DC because of test scores is foreign to the folks that give a d***.