2022-2023 PARCC Data Released

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Bingo. Such a weird example out little BASIS hater chose to make his point. I don't think I'd have chosen W3 privilege as the example of access for low SES. Every at risk family in DC has an equal shot at BASIS. No one who can't afford to live IB for Deal does.

Then how does Deal end up with a much higher percentage of *actually enrolled* at-risk kids, SPED, and ELL? It's as if you think being "100% lottery" somehow holds BASIS back even if the actual enrollment is very low at-risk.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at the Empower dashboard, neither EW Stokes location is doing well relative to their share of "at risk" (both well below the trend line vs. other schools with similar "at risk" percentages)

Mundo Verde Calle Ocho, also not good when accounting for percent at risk.

To the Eliot Hine debate earlier, Eliot Hine is slightly above the trend line (performing slightly better than expected) when accounting for their overall share of "at risk"

This is really the way to review the data.

So, it's actually more complicated than that if you're looking as a parent. My kid's school seems to do really well with not at risk kids (like top 10 for ELA) and horrendously for at-risk kids. This is awful for those kids and inequitable, but actually the data suggests the school is good for those not at risk. Other schools have a reverse profile. I appreciate that those schools are taking more of the load & are doing it well, but they wouldn't be as good for my kid.

This, this, this!! if you have a higher performing kid, I don’t care about at risk. I care bout overall scores and how many are at least on or above for peer groups.

Exactly! They just talk about at risk, but those are the same schools that 90% of DCUM avoids.

OK but then you should still filter the data to compare schools by "Not at risk" - no matter what, the proportion of at risk matters. You can't say x high performing school is better than y high performing school when x high performing school has 5% at risk, but y high performing school has 15% at risk and their overall scores are 10% different.

It matters to make apples to apples comparison whether it's for high or low performing kids.

Not sure that really matters here.

Almost half of DC public students are “at risk.” But “at risk” can mean different things.

At risk means that the students qualify for TANF, SNAP, are homeless, in foster care, OR are high school students at least one year older than the expected age for their grade.

You could be a high-performing kid from a single-parent home where mom gets food stamps. However, you could also just be a low-performing high school student who missed so much school that you were held back one or a few grades.

More important is whether a school takes any kid (100% lottery)—at-risk or not—and does a great job educating them and giving them a chance to succeed. In that regard, BASIS DC seems head and shoulders above the rest of the non-selective DCPS schools/charters.

Right, your "100% lottery" which somehow magically results in a rock bottom low at-risk percentage. How wonderful BASIS is!

I guess that reading comprehension is hard.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at the Empower dashboard, neither EW Stokes location is doing well relative to their share of "at risk" (both well below the trend line vs. other schools with similar "at risk" percentages)

Mundo Verde Calle Ocho, also not good when accounting for percent at risk.

To the Eliot Hine debate earlier, Eliot Hine is slightly above the trend line (performing slightly better than expected) when accounting for their overall share of "at risk"

This is really the way to review the data.

So, it's actually more complicated than that if you're looking as a parent. My kid's school seems to do really well with not at risk kids (like top 10 for ELA) and horrendously for at-risk kids. This is awful for those kids and inequitable, but actually the data suggests the school is good for those not at risk. Other schools have a reverse profile. I appreciate that those schools are taking more of the load & are doing it well, but they wouldn't be as good for my kid.

This, this, this!! if you have a higher performing kid, I don’t care about at risk. I care bout overall scores and how many are at least on or above for peer groups.

Exactly! They just talk about at risk, but those are the same schools that 90% of DCUM avoids.

OK but then you should still filter the data to compare schools by "Not at risk" - no matter what, the proportion of at risk matters. You can't say x high performing school is better than y high performing school when x high performing school has 5% at risk, but y high performing school has 15% at risk and their overall scores are 10% different.

It matters to make apples to apples comparison whether it's for high or low performing kids.

Not sure that really matters here.

Almost half of DC public students are “at risk.” But “at risk” can mean different things.

At risk means that the students qualify for TANF, SNAP, are homeless, in foster care, OR are high school students at least one year older than the expected age for their grade.

You could be a high-performing kid from a single-parent home where mom gets food stamps. However, you could also just be a low-performing high school student who missed so much school that you were held back one or a few grades.

More important is whether a school takes any kid (100% lottery)—at-risk or not—and does a great job educating them and giving them a chance to succeed. In that regard, BASIS DC seems head and shoulders above the rest of the non-selective DCPS schools/charters.

Right, your "100% lottery" which somehow magically results in a rock bottom low at-risk percentage. How wonderful BASIS is!

I guess that reading comprehension is hard.

I guess doing better than Deal is hard, for BASIS, even with lots of structural advantages.

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Reality check: In SY 21-22, Deal was actually serving 10.44% at-risk kids and BASIS was serving 7.76% at-risk kids. https://stossepublicdocsprod.blob.core.windows.net/public-docs/dc-school-report-card/2021-22/profiles/001-0405(Deal%20Middle%20School).pdf https://stossepublicdocsprod.blob.core.windows.net/public-docs/dc-school-report-card/2021-22/profiles/168-3068(BASIS%20DC%20PCS).pdf

How does Deal manage to perform as well as BASIS despite taking all by-right kids at any point in any year, serving a higher percentage of at-risk kids, and also a higher percentage of students with disabilities, and a much higher percentage of English Language Learners? Do tell, BASIS boosters!

You can't be this dumb. They take all kids from the wealthiest zips in DC. BASIS takes kids from all zips. Why is that so hard for you?

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Reality check: In SY 21-22, Deal was actually serving 10.44% at-risk kids and BASIS was serving 7.76% at-risk kids. https://stossepublicdocsprod.blob.core.windows.net/public-docs/dc-school-report-card/2021-22/profiles/001-0405(Deal%20Middle%20School).pdf https://stossepublicdocsprod.blob.core.windows.net/public-docs/dc-school-report-card/2021-22/profiles/168-3068(BASIS%20DC%20PCS).pdf

How does Deal manage to perform as well as BASIS despite taking all by-right kids at any point in any year, serving a higher percentage of at-risk kids, and also a higher percentage of students with disabilities, and a much higher percentage of English Language Learners? Do tell, BASIS boosters!

Dunno why the links are not working, but you can access the data here: https://osse.dc.gov/dcschoolreportcard/schoolsnapshot

It's funny how people think "100% lottery" are magic words. As if recruitment, retention, and school policies have no impact on a school's demographics. And as if "100% lottery" is playing on the hardest setting-- guess what, it's not!

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Bingo. Such a weird example out little BASIS hater chose to make his point. I don't think I'd have chosen W3 privilege as the example of access for low SES. Every at risk family in DC has an equal shot at BASIS. No one who can't afford to live IB for Deal does.

Then how does Deal end up with a much higher percentage of *actually enrolled* at-risk kids, SPED, and ELL? It's as if you think being "100% lottery" somehow holds BASIS back even if the actual enrollment is very low at-risk.

No one at BASIS cares about your fake concern for at risk kids. Your fixation is unhealthy.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at the Empower dashboard, neither EW Stokes location is doing well relative to their share of "at risk" (both well below the trend line vs. other schools with similar "at risk" percentages)

Mundo Verde Calle Ocho, also not good when accounting for percent at risk.

To the Eliot Hine debate earlier, Eliot Hine is slightly above the trend line (performing slightly better than expected) when accounting for their overall share of "at risk"

This is really the way to review the data.

So, it's actually more complicated than that if you're looking as a parent. My kid's school seems to do really well with not at risk kids (like top 10 for ELA) and horrendously for at-risk kids. This is awful for those kids and inequitable, but actually the data suggests the school is good for those not at risk. Other schools have a reverse profile. I appreciate that those schools are taking more of the load & are doing it well, but they wouldn't be as good for my kid.

This, this, this!! if you have a higher performing kid, I don’t care about at risk. I care bout overall scores and how many are at least on or above for peer groups.

Exactly! They just talk about at risk, but those are the same schools that 90% of DCUM avoids.

OK but then you should still filter the data to compare schools by "Not at risk" - no matter what, the proportion of at risk matters. You can't say x high performing school is better than y high performing school when x high performing school has 5% at risk, but y high performing school has 15% at risk and their overall scores are 10% different.

It matters to make apples to apples comparison whether it's for high or low performing kids.

Not sure that really matters here.

Almost half of DC public students are “at risk.” But “at risk” can mean different things.

At risk means that the students qualify for TANF, SNAP, are homeless, in foster care, OR are high school students at least one year older than the expected age for their grade.

You could be a high-performing kid from a single-parent home where mom gets food stamps. However, you could also just be a low-performing high school student who missed so much school that you were held back one or a few grades.

More important is whether a school takes any kid (100% lottery)—at-risk or not—and does a great job educating them and giving them a chance to succeed. In that regard, BASIS DC seems head and shoulders above the rest of the non-selective DCPS schools/charters.

Right, your "100% lottery" which somehow magically results in a rock bottom low at-risk percentage. How wonderful BASIS is!

Janney is only 1% at risk. Let's reserve 25% of the seats there for at-risk and bus kids in!

C'mon DCUM let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bingo!

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Reality check: In SY 21-22, Deal was actually serving 10.44% at-risk kids and BASIS was serving 7.76% at-risk kids. https://stossepublicdocsprod.blob.core.windows.net/public-docs/dc-school-report-card/2021-22/profiles/001-0405(Deal%20Middle%20School).pdf https://stossepublicdocsprod.blob.core.windows.net/public-docs/dc-school-report-card/2021-22/profiles/168-3068(BASIS%20DC%20PCS).pdf

How does Deal manage to perform as well as BASIS despite taking all by-right kids at any point in any year, serving a higher percentage of at-risk kids, and also a higher percentage of students with disabilities, and a much higher percentage of English Language Learners? Do tell, BASIS boosters!

You can't be this dumb. They take all kids from the wealthiest zips in DC. BASIS takes kids from all zips. Why is that so hard for you?

It's not hard for me at all. Nor is it hard for me to refrain from name-calling. If you'd like to see inflow to Deal, you can view it here, it's the second graphic down. https://edscape.dc.gov/page/student-enrollment-pathways I'm sure you'll notice there are a great many schools outside Ward 3 sending kids to Deal.

Another way to view it is with this data: https://dme.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dme/page_content/attachments/SY2122_Public%20School%20Enrollments%20per%20DCPS%20Boundary_0.xlsx Deal is 78% in-boundary. It has 11 students zoned for Brookland, 11 students zoned for Kramer, 148(!) students zoned for MacFarland, 16 zoned for McKinley Middle, and 12 zoned for Sousa.

Why does Deal perform as well as BASIS despite backfilling, a higher percentage at-risk, a higher percentage SPED, and a higher percentage ELL?

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Bingo. Such a weird example out little BASIS hater chose to make his point. I don't think I'd have chosen W3 privilege as the example of access for low SES. Every at risk family in DC has an equal shot at BASIS. No one who can't afford to live IB for Deal does.

Then how does Deal end up with a much higher percentage of *actually enrolled* at-risk kids, SPED, and ELL? It's as if you think being "100% lottery" somehow holds BASIS back even if the actual enrollment is very low at-risk.

No one at BASIS cares about your fake concern for at risk kids. Your fixation is unhealthy.

Can you answer any of my questions, though?

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Bingo. Such a weird example out little BASIS hater chose to make his point. I don't think I'd have chosen W3 privilege as the example of access for low SES. Every at risk family in DC has an equal shot at BASIS. No one who can't afford to live IB for Deal does.

Then how does Deal end up with a much higher percentage of *actually enrolled* at-risk kids, SPED, and ELL? It's as if you think being "100% lottery" somehow holds BASIS back even if the actual enrollment is very low at-risk.

No one at BASIS cares about your fake concern for at risk kids. Your fixation is unhealthy.

+1. This Deal parent should pull his/her kids out and enroll them in one of DC's many failing charters with 90% at-risk kids. Equity demands it.

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Bingo. Such a weird example out little BASIS hater chose to make his point. I don't think I'd have chosen W3 privilege as the example of access for low SES. Every at risk family in DC has an equal shot at BASIS. No one who can't afford to live IB for Deal does.

Then how does Deal end up with a much higher percentage of *actually enrolled* at-risk kids, SPED, and ELL? It's as if you think being "100% lottery" somehow holds BASIS back even if the actual enrollment is very low at-risk.

No one at BASIS cares about your fake concern for at risk kids. Your fixation is unhealthy.

+1. This Deal parent should pull his/her kids out and enroll them in one of DC's many failing charters with 90% at-risk kids. Equity demands it.

I'm not a Deal parent. And I'm not a BASIS parent either. Do you have any explanation for why Deal performs as well as BASIS despite these differences?

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Not that anyone on DCUM genuinely cares but here you go:

At-risk students:

Basis: 9%
Deal: 10%
Hardy: 12%

https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Deal+Middle+School
https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Hardy+Middle+School
https://dcpcsb.org/basis-dc-pcs-high-school

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Anonymous wrote:Not that anyone on DCUM genuinely cares but here you go:

At-risk students:

Basis: 9%
Deal: 10%
Hardy: 12%

https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Deal+Middle+School
https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Hardy+Middle+School
https://dcpcsb.org/basis-dc-pcs-high-school

You're using the BASIS high school number, and the PCSB data is from SY 2018-19. The number on DC School Report Card combines middle and high school SY 21-22 and it's 7.76%.

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Bingo. Such a weird example out little BASIS hater chose to make his point. I don't think I'd have chosen W3 privilege as the example of access for low SES. Every at risk family in DC has an equal shot at BASIS. No one who can't afford to live IB for Deal does.

Then how does Deal end up with a much higher percentage of *actually enrolled* at-risk kids, SPED, and ELL? It's as if you think being "100% lottery" somehow holds BASIS back even if the actual enrollment is very low at-risk.

No one at BASIS cares about your fake concern for at risk kids. Your fixation is unhealthy.

+1. This Deal parent should pull his/her kids out and enroll them in one of DC's many failing charters with 90% at-risk kids. Equity demands it.

I'm not a Deal parent. And I'm not a BASIS parent either. Do you have any explanation for why Deal performs as well as BASIS despite these differences?

Does Deal enroll OOB students that did not attend a feeder? With the overcrowding I thought OOB students could only get into Deal through a feeder in which case they would only be “backfilling” with students that move in bound.

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Anonymous wrote:Per PP's helpful analysis of the top schools in DC for ELA and Math, it looks like Deal academically comes out on top for middle school. I guess the fights, drugs and other dysfunction I hear about on DCUM isn't affecting kids academically? I know that came across sounding snarky, but it's not intended to. I'm a parent with children IB for Deal (in the future) that has concerns when reading DCUM, but these PARCC results seem to tell another story.

+1, Deal looks good and performance is really not different than BASIS

Wait-- so a school can backfill-- more than backfill, take students by-right at any time of year-- and yet perform as well as BASIS? AMAZING. I never would have thought such a thing is possible! Tell us, Deal, how do you manage this stunning feat, which is impossible according to BASIS?

stupid argument. it’s not like hundreds of at-risk kids are moving into the Deal zone. The Basis lottery unequivocally means that more at-risk kids have access to Basis than to Deal.

Bingo. Such a weird example out little BASIS hater chose to make his point. I don't think I'd have chosen W3 privilege as the example of access for low SES. Every at risk family in DC has an equal shot at BASIS. No one who can't afford to live IB for Deal does.

Then how does Deal end up with a much higher percentage of *actually enrolled* at-risk kids, SPED, and ELL? It's as if you think being "100% lottery" somehow holds BASIS back even if the actual enrollment is very low at-risk.

No one at BASIS cares about your fake concern for at risk kids. Your fixation is unhealthy.

+1. This Deal parent should pull his/her kids out and enroll them in one of DC's many failing charters with 90% at-risk kids. Equity demands it.

I'm not a Deal parent. And I'm not a BASIS parent either. Do you have any explanation for why Deal performs as well as BASIS despite these differences?

1. Your numbers are wrong. See the official DC links posted earlier.

2. Basis is 100% lottery and draws randomly from all over DC. Deal is an in-bounds school in the richest part of DC.

3. As noted earlier, Walls and BASIS have the highest 9th grade PARCC scores in DC, even though Walls is a selective school.

4. As noted earlier, "at risk" covers a lot of different things in DC.