Basis DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A big part of this never-ending fight is the repeated assertions and implications that BASIS is good for all “bright kids seeking academic challenge,” when actually it’s suitable for only a subset of them. And of course that means that the bright kids are being split up to everyone’s detriment. I don’t blame the families who choose Basis, and I don’t blame the families who avoid it. But it’s pernicious to imply that being smart and hardworking is enough to thrive at Basis. That’s how you lure smart and hardworking kids into a situation that winds up being toxic for them.

+1 Parent of bright kid (99th percentile on ELA standardized test scores) who is leaving after a few years of trying to make it work.

The important difference about BASIS is that it's best suited for kids who 95th+ percentile in Math and science, not ELA. Good ELA kids are probably better off going elsewhere.

Like where?

Did you see the PARCC scores posted above? BASIS DC does better than Latin and DCI in math, science, and ELA.

In fact, Latin kids don't really improve in ELA from MS to HS (based on grade level) and DCI kids actually get worse.


Middle school PARCC scores 4+

Latin

ELA 68.24
Math 52.49

DCI

ELA 54.01
Math 38.68

BASIS DC

ELA 72.00
Math 62.40

High school PARCC scores 4+

Latin

ELA 70.71
Math 30.47

DCI

ELA 41.87
Math 20.74

BASIS DC

ELA 92.06
Math 66.12

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is sometimes a weird manta on this board: school choice, people have choice, people who choose something have no rights to complain about it (even when it fails to live up to its promises), people can move, blah blah. School choice is not some panacea that fully makes up for uneven and mixed quality schools.

Correct. The real problem is that there is not enough school choice. That isn't BASIS' fault.