PARCC test results - slight increase in scores overall, white students see drop, Wilson plunges

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looking at the leading Capitol Hill-area elementary schools (% Language Arts, Math at or above proficiency standard):

SWS 66/63
Brent 61/61
Maury 44/44
Ludlow Taylor 42/40
Two Rivers 43/40
Watkins 30/39
Jo Wilson 24/35

This is pretty consistent with recent years and not surprising based purely on SES levels in the testing grades at each school.
Interesting that Maury and Ludlow Taylor are essentially the same at this point.
Two Rivers and Watkins are also in the same general range as Maury and LT.

It is scary to look at Watkins by ethnicity...White=90% plus; black= 26%
Not enough white kids at Ludlow to do that.

Agree. Watkins seems to have the same super-scary split as Maury. Maury just has fewer AAs and more whites, so the averages come out differently.

[Anonymous]

^^ I hope this is because Watkins and Maury's AA populations come from economically distinct areas of their catchment zones (Maury, especially, has the newly zoned section that is totally different in character from the existing zone) or from EOTR and not that similarly situated (from an economic perspective) kids are performing that differently. It's not as bad at Brent, e.g. Perhaps because there are way fewer OOBers and the whole catchment zone is fairly expensive housing? Weird that the white kids at Watkins and Maury do a bit better than those at Brent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking at the leading Capitol Hill-area elementary schools (% Language Arts, Math at or above proficiency standard):

SWS 66/63
Brent 61/61
Maury 44/44
Ludlow Taylor 42/40
Two Rivers 43/40
Watkins 30/39
Jo Wilson 24/35

This is pretty consistent with recent years and not surprising based purely on SES levels in the testing grades at each school.
Interesting that Maury and Ludlow Taylor are essentially the same at this point.
Two Rivers and Watkins are also in the same general range as Maury and LT.

It is scary to look at Watkins by ethnicity...White=90% plus; black= 26%
Not enough white kids at Ludlow to do that.

Agree. Watkins seems to have the same super-scary split as Maury. Maury just has fewer AAs and more whites, so the averages come out differently.

The Maury/Watkins comparison actually shows you how overall stats can be misleading. BOTH the white and AA sub-populations at Watkins do better than they do at Maury and yet the overall stat favors Maury solely because of the relative racial breakdowns.

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Are white parents going to be clamoring to get into Banneker? It was the top scoring high school in DCPS with 98% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in literacy and 62% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in mathematics. School Without Walls was 84% proficiency in literacy and 52% proficiency in mathematics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ I hope this is because Watkins and Maury's AA populations come from economically distinct areas of their catchment zones (Maury, especially, has the newly zoned section that is totally different in character from the existing zone) or from EOTR and not that similarly situated (from an economic perspective) kids are performing that differently. It's not as bad at Brent, e.g. Perhaps because there are way fewer OOBers and the whole catchment zone is fairly expensive housing? Weird that the white kids at Watkins and Maury do a bit better than those at Brent.

Not really, at least for Watkins. The white kids at Watkins have historically been among the highest-performers in DCCAS too. It's a true tale of SES-split.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking at the leading Capitol Hill-area elementary schools (% Language Arts, Math at or above proficiency standard):

SWS 66/63
Brent 61/61
Maury 44/44
Ludlow Taylor 42/40
Two Rivers 43/40
Watkins 30/39
Jo Wilson 24/35

This is pretty consistent with recent years and not surprising based purely on SES levels in the testing grades at each school.
Interesting that Maury and Ludlow Taylor are essentially the same at this point.
Two Rivers and Watkins are also in the same general range as Maury and LT.

Sorry folks, CHPSPO doesn't let you claim any charters as part of the law of living on the Hill. I think you go to jail now. Back in your Ward 6 box with you.

LOTS of Cap Hill kids attend Two Rivers. Both campuses are located on the edges of Cap Hill and its a viable option for most Cap Hill residents.

Why is Two Rivers listed as a Cap Hill school? It's not located on Cap Hill and it's a charter school. Please don't misrepresent the data.

[Anonymous]

I'll tell you what, looking at some of the close in MoCo schools, ward 3 in DCPS and some of the Charters are looking pretty damn good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are white parents going to be clamoring to get into Banneker? It was the top scoring high school in DCPS with 98% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in literacy and 62% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in mathematics. School Without Walls was 84% proficiency in literacy and 52% proficiency in mathematics.

Probably not. FWIW, Basis high school scores were 91 ELA/86 Math (reported by DCPCSB but not OSSE because testing cohort is small).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is Banneker predominantly African American?

Yes.
Where is the "out data"
Banneker -

81.1% Black
.2% White
14% Latino
1.8% Asian
2.2% Multi-racial

Keep in mind that Banneker, like SWW High school, can send students who don't maintain a minimum GPA back to their neighborhood schools.

Not only they can, but they do. The "out" rates are astonishingly high (just looked at enrollment data a few weeks ago)

+1 My son is a junior at banneker and his class size has significantly dropped since freshman year. Kids don't even make it through freshman year before being asked not to return.

Kudos to your son

(I was shocked when I saw the "out" data, and apparently it impacts boys especially)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll tell you what, looking at some of the close in MoCo schools, ward 3 in DCPS and some of the Charters are looking pretty damn good.

Is the test the same nationally?

[Anonymous]

Yes same test nationally. Eight states use PARCC including Maryland.

[Anonymous]

The L-T numbers are actually astonishingly good when you realize that they don't have enough non-economically disadvantaged kids to report that group separately. Their ED numbers are 42/40! Compare that to Watkins' 16/26 or Maury's 18/14. If I were the parent of a poor and/or AA kid living on/near the Hill, the choice would be easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is Banneker predominantly African American?

Yes.

Banneker -

81.1% Black
.2% White
14% Latino
1.8% Asian
2.2% Multi-racial

Keep in mind that Banneker, like SWW High school, can send students who don't maintain a minimum GPA back to their neighborhood schools.

Not only they can, but they do. The "out" rates are astonishingly high (just looked at enrollment data a few weeks ago)

+1 My son is a junior at banneker and his class size has significantly dropped since freshman year. Kids don't even make it through freshman year before being asked not to return.

Kudos to your son

(I was shocked when I saw the "out" data, and apparently it impacts boys especially)

Essentially 1-3 students leave per month. I think we can assume that most of those are in 9th or 10th grade.

That's surprising. So many students are "counselled out" during the year? That can't be good either for them or for the community they leave behind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ I hope this is because Watkins and Maury's AA populations come from economically distinct areas of their catchment zones (Maury, especially, has the newly zoned section that is totally different in character from the existing zone) or from EOTR and not that similarly situated (from an economic perspective) kids are performing that differently. It's not as bad at Brent, e.g. Perhaps because there are way fewer OOBers and the whole catchment zone is fairly expensive housing? Weird that the white kids at Watkins and Maury do a bit better than those at Brent.

Not really, at least for Watkins. The white kids at Watkins have historically been among the highest-performers in DCCAS too. It's a true tale of SES-split.

Except Watkins' non-ED numbers are 44/51, so they're not doing particularly well by middle/upper class AA students given their white stats (I am comfortable assuming their are next to no ED white kids). For contrast, L-T's *ED* numbers are 42/40. As in, L-T's economically disadvantaged kids read at basically the same level as Watkins' non-economically disadvantaged kids. That's fairly shocking given that we're talking about neighborhoods that have relatively similar populations who live in close proximity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is Banneker predominantly African American?

Yes.

Banneker -

81.1% Black
.2% White
14% Latino
1.8% Asian
2.2% Multi-racial

Keep in mind that Banneker, like SWW High school, can send students who don't maintain a minimum GPA back to their neighborhood schools.

Not only they can, but they do. The "out" rates are astonishingly high (just looked at enrollment data a few weeks ago)

+1 My son is a junior at banneker and his class size has significantly dropped since freshman year. Kids don't even make it through freshman year before being asked not to return.

Kudos to your son

(I was shocked when I saw the "out" data, and apparently it impacts boys especially)

Essentially 1-3 students leave per month. I think we can assume that most of those are in 9th or 10th grade.

That's surprising. So many students are "counselled out" during the year? That can't be good either for them or for the community they leave behind

Until recently you would be asked to leave if your GPA drops below a 3.0

Application schools can do this - charters can't - bc they can send you back to your neighborhood school.