What happened in 8th grade math? That drop is astounding. Actually, the drop is notable in all of the schools except DCI (and yes, their 6th & 7th grade scores were not stellar). What do the schools attribute that to? |
The kids at Adams aren't going to get dumber if they go to MacFarland. They'll be fine. Their same teachers from Adams could even work at MacFarland. And there'd be room for more ECE classrooms at Oyster so more kids could start immersion earlier, rather than many IB kids having to wait for kindergarten. |
No, Oyster is big enough. Those kids that don't get into Pk4 can wait until K--they'll be fine. I like having Adams close by in Dupont Circle. No one wants to drive all the way to MacFarland, especially with children on both campuses. Just NO. |
MS kids take the bus / metro and it's free. Mommy and Daddy don't need drive them. |
I like dropping my MS kids off at school--and they like it too. My kids, my prerogative. Please worry about your own family. Plus, my kids don't like taking public buses. To each his/her own. |
Only a portion of kids take the 8th grade PARCC math test. The remainder take the algebra PARCC test in 8th grade. So the testing cohort for PARCC math 8th grade is different (likely less advanced, because the high scoring kids are more likely to take algebra early) than the cohort for 6th and 7th grades. |
Just FYI. DCI students don't take algebra or geometry PARCC -- they take the grade level math and then the integrated math exam in high school. The only other school that gives integrated math is BASIS. |
Any college educated parent with a middle class income would be positively *negligent* to allow their child to attend Roosevelt. |
Roosevelt PARCC school average is ELA: 3%, Math: 7%. Yikes. |
Your kid's parcc score isn't going to be lower at Roosevelt than it would have been at Wilson. |
Adams begins at 4th grade - I doubt most friends would allow their 9 year olds to commute solo. Oyster campus is stuffed to the gills so no way to change that either. We love the community created now and fostered across the two campuses. ALot of families who live near the Oyster campus do have walking carpools to the upper school. |