DC CAS popular schools summary

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OK, I'm a white gentrifier parent. Banneker is impressive. But my kid won't be in 9th grade for 10 years. I think most of my cohort is focused on PS-3 through 3rd grade.

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Anonymous wrote:Really makes me wonder why more kids don't attempt Banneker.

Probably for the same reasons people don't send their kids to McKinley or Howard U or DC Prep.

[Anonymous]

Why can't most Capitol Hill Montessori kids do grade level math when so few are FARMs?

I've heard rumors that the upper elementary program is a mess. Self directed teaching doesn't always create proficiency in all subject areas.

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Anonymous wrote:Really makes me wonder why more kids don't attempt Banneker.

Too many brown kids...be real. Not my opinion, but i've seen a lot of this on this site.

So much for the theory that the only way to improve scores is to attract "white/affluent" students and their "likley to be involved" parents.

+1

Ludlow Taylor did rather well.

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Why can't most Capitol Hill Montessori kids do grade level math when so few are FARMs?

I've heard rumors that the upper elementary program is a mess. Self directed teaching doesn't always create proficiency in all subject areas.

Also, given that Montessori in general makes kids "good" at math, this is ridiculous...

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Anonymous wrote:OK, I'm a white gentrifier parent. Banneker is impressive. But my kid won't be in 9th grade for 10 years. I think most of my cohort is focused on PS-3 through 3rd grade.

+1. Banneker IS impressive. Maybe in 10 yrs...

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Anonymous wrote:BASIS - first year out - very, very impressive.

+1. Wow!

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't most Capitol Hill Montessori kids do grade level math when so few are FARMs?

Go Maury, way up. A good many high-SES kids stayed for 3rd at long last.

Maury went up in all groups-- not just the group who are in 3rd. Scores up in each groups- FARM and otherwise. Also, remember that while overall proficiency is goal, GROWTH is what is a true measure of teaching and learning.

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Anonymous wrote:

Why can't most Capitol Hill Montessori kids do grade level math when so few are FARMs?

I've heard rumors that the upper elementary program is a mess. Self directed teaching doesn't always create proficiency in all subject areas.

Also, given that Montessori in general makes kids "good" at math, this is ridiculous...

CHM is ridiculous. Someone should give that school some oversight.

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Anonymous wrote:Go Shepherd Park!!! Great job!

Shepherd Elementary, sorry.

This! Awesome!

[Anonymous]

How do you find the results of the not so popular school. My neicee attends randle highlands ES how do I see how they did.

[Anonymous]

sorry neice

[Anonymous]

Tubman rocked!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Really makes me wonder why more kids don't attempt Banneker.

Probably for the same reasons people don't send their kids to McKinley or Howard U or DC Prep.

Not entirely a fair comparison. Howard U is an HBCU, designed and founded for black students. Banneker has the highest scores in the city (same as Walls) and with 60% FARMS, the school safety is far better than Wilson and Mckinley.

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Anonymous wrote:sorry neice

Niece.

http://osse.dc.gov/release/mayor-vincent-c-gray-announces-2013-dc-cas-results-showing-strongest-growth-scores-2008