How tough is entering Yu Ying at kindergarten?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:YY's ELA PARCC scores have always been among the worst for white and upper middle-class kids in the city when pulled out by race and SES. YY parents commonly whitewash the situation by claiming that "bilingual" kids can't be expected to score high on ELA tests.

My own children, fully bilingual in Chinese and English (meaning that they were the only truly bilingual Chinese-speaking students in their grades at YY) scored low on ELA PARCC in 3rd grade, but by 5th grade they scored 5s. The great majority of the YY 4th and 5th graders speak Chinese at around the level my kids did at age 4, maybe age 5. I know this because I used to volunteer at all kinds of school events, speaking only Mandarin (my first language) to kids and asking them to reply in Chinese. We left the school just two years ago, not impressed with academics but not complaining about the cozy atmosphere.

You may be fine with all of the above, but I wouldn't drink the Kook-Aid. Go forward with your eyes open.

Huh? When we were at YY, the PARCC scores were among the best in the city, certainly among charters. Our kids got a fine education at YY and were well prepared for private middle school.

Not scores for UMC kids, no way. It's easy to compare PARCC scores for high SES students at YY with those at other schools. ELA scores are below average. Math average.

PARCC scores are not broken down for UMC or "high SES". There are categories for at risk, ELL, homeless, disabilities, race/ethnicity, and sex.

[Anonymous]

OP - my kid started in PK4 and is doing well. It used to be that K was 50/50 Chinese and English, but at least during pandemic they are doing 75% Chinese. Not sure if that will continue next year.

I can imagine many kids will be behind in Chinese next year, so your kid may not be so behind. I do suggest getting a tutor if you can afford one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:YY's ELA PARCC scores have always been among the worst for white and upper middle-class kids in the city when pulled out by race and SES. YY parents commonly whitewash the situation by claiming that "bilingual" kids can't be expected to score high on ELA tests.

My own children, fully bilingual in Chinese and English (meaning that they were the only truly bilingual Chinese-speaking students in their grades at YY) scored low on ELA PARCC in 3rd grade, but by 5th grade they scored 5s. The great majority of the YY 4th and 5th graders speak Chinese at around the level my kids did at age 4, maybe age 5. I know this because I used to volunteer at all kinds of school events, speaking only Mandarin (my first language) to kids and asking them to reply in Chinese. We left the school just two years ago, not impressed with academics but not complaining about the cozy atmosphere.

You may be fine with all of the above, but I wouldn't drink the Kook-Aid. Go forward with your eyes open.

Huh? When we were at YY, the PARCC scores were among the best in the city, certainly among charters. Our kids got a fine education at YY and were well prepared for private middle school.

Not scores for UMC kids, no way. It's easy to compare PARCC scores for high SES students at YY with those at other schools. ELA scores are below average. Math average.

PARCC scores are not broken down for UMC or "high SES". There are categories for at risk, ELL, homeless, disabilities, race/ethnicity, and sex.

white is a category if there are enough whites in a program to pull out their scores, an obvious proxy for umc in dc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - my kid started in PK4 and is doing well. It used to be that K was 50/50 Chinese and English, but at least during pandemic they are doing 75% Chinese. Not sure if that will continue next year.

I can imagine many kids will be behind in Chinese next year, so your kid may not be so behind. I do suggest getting a tutor if you can afford one.

Come on, "tutors," don't work for 5 year olds. This is YY thinking, not reality. Get a Mandarin-speaking nanny, babysitter, an au pair.

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