2011 DC-CAS pleasant surprizes?

[Anonymous]

Not all KIPP's students are 'very low income'. Many KIPP parents are college educated.
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Anonymous wrote:OP here-- thanks for the info about the CSB website and for naming those charter schools that impressed you. I haven't even heard of Achievement Prep, so I'll definately have to check it out.

KIPP is so interesting-- it shows that children can do very well on these tests, even if very low-income and without mom's with higher education (according to Freakonomics, the best indicator of future educational success), but that it is NOT EASY. It takes hard work and long hours by all involved.

Anonymous wrote:OP- There's a chart on the Charter School Board website that summarizes charter school scores. I can't look it up right now, but see if you can find it. I think it was part of a press release.

Not exactly surprising, since they've done well for many years, but schools with impressive scores for reading and math include KIPP (various campuses), DC Prep, EL Haynes (I think). Also I think LAMB did pretty well. For Middle School, Achievement Prep did really well.

The KIPP schools to me are the real standout, with scores for nearly every grade in the nineties for reading and math. Very impressive, but the model is intense for both teachers and kids- long days, Saturdays. But if you're going for high scores, KIPP is the one.

For the publics, most high scoring elementary schools are in NW and include Janney, Eaton, Mann, Murch, Key, Oyster and probably some others I've missed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not all KIPP's students are 'very low income'. Many KIPP parents are college educated.
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Anonymous wrote:OP here-- thanks for the info about the CSB website and for naming those charter schools that impressed you. I haven't even heard of Achievement Prep, so I'll definately have to check it out.

KIPP is so interesting-- it shows that children can do very well on these tests, even if very low-income and without mom's with higher education (according to Freakonomics, the best indicator of future educational success), but that it is NOT EASY. It takes hard work and long hours by all involved.

Anonymous wrote:OP- There's a chart on the Charter School Board website that summarizes charter school scores. I can't look it up right now, but see if you can find it. I think it was part of a press release.

Not exactly surprising, since they've done well for many years, but schools with impressive scores for reading and math include KIPP (various campuses), DC Prep, EL Haynes (I think). Also I think LAMB did pretty well. For Middle School, Achievement Prep did really well.

The KIPP schools to me are the real standout, with scores for nearly every grade in the nineties for reading and math. Very impressive, but the model is intense for both teachers and kids- long days, Saturdays. But if you're going for high scores, KIPP is the one.

For the publics, most high scoring elementary schools are in NW and include Janney, Eaton, Mann, Murch, Key, Oyster and probably some others I've missed.

So Ture! A lot of the parents are college educated and make great incomes. You would be surprised.

[Anonymous]

I'm the one who wrote about the chart on the CSB website. Never said anything about the parent's education or income. I actually don't know much about the demographics of the KIPP kids or parents (except that they tend to be majority African American), I've just seen their scores published places and have been super impressed. Few schools in the city, regardless of demographics, are achieving those kinds of scores, with a vast majority of the children scoring proficient. Not that scores are everything, but KIPP just seems to be doing lots of things right.

[Anonymous]

There are so many KIPP schools the numbers are probably often changing, but roughly 90% of their students are African-American or Hispanic and 80% are low income.

I would be surprised if the more than 5% of KIPP students come from households where parents have a college degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are so many KIPP schools the numbers are probably often changing, but roughly 90% of their students are African-American or Hispanic and 80% are low income.

I would be surprised if the more than 5% of KIPP students come from households where parents have a college degree.

If KIPP keeps statistics on parental educational level, I'd like to see it. But doubt they would advertise it if very many had college