DC CAS popular schools summary

[Anonymous]

Not one charter school in the top ten. Interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not one charter school in the top ten. Interesting.

You would expect a charter school to surpass application/test-in magnents and schools West of the Park? Are you new to DC????????????????????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really makes me wonder why more kids don't attempt Banneker.

Too many brown kids...be real. Not my opinion, but i've seen a lot of this on this site.

So much for the theory that the only way to improve scores is to attract "white/affluent" students and their "likley to be involved" parents.

New poster here. Agree but it doesn't matter what you say about Banneker, a lot of white middle and upper income people just won't even give it a look. Their loss.

Just checked Banneker's website. It's by application but the decision to accept is apparently not based upon any identifiable measure. Instead it's based upon a committee's judgment, to wit: "The entire screening and selection process of applicants for the Benjamin Banneker Academic High School is the responsibility of a Selection Committee. Final determination of accepted applicants will be made after a personal interview. Applicants will be notified of approval or denial."

Now that got me thinking...a zero percentage of whites...we know that whites traditionally have performed well enough to be "accepted" if the criteria were performance... and odds are that at least a few white kids want to be pioneers and that would help them be accepted if the criteria were willingness...but perhaps it is the "selection committee" that prevents a crack in the fortress? Is the selection process open and transparent? Can an investigative reporter please find out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really makes me wonder why more kids don't attempt Banneker.

Too many brown kids...be real. Not my opinion, but i've seen a lot of this on this site.

So much for the theory that the only way to improve scores is to attract "white/affluent" students and their "likley to be involved" parents.

New poster here. Agree but it doesn't matter what you say about Banneker, a lot of white middle and upper income people just won't even give it a look. Their loss.

Just checked Banneker's website. It's by application but the decision to accept is apparently not based upon any identifiable measure. Instead it's based upon a committee's judgment, to wit: "The entire screening and selection process of applicants for the Benjamin Banneker Academic High School is the responsibility of a Selection Committee. Final determination of accepted applicants will be made after a personal interview. Applicants will be notified of approval or denial."

Now that got me thinking...a zero percentage of whites...we know that whites traditionally have performed well enough to be "accepted" if the criteria were performance... and odds are that at least a few white kids want to be pioneers and that would help them be accepted if the criteria were willingness...but perhaps it is the "selection committee" that prevents a crack in the fortress? Is the selection process open and transparent? Can an investigative reporter please find out?

Certainly not worth getting an investigative reporter. Show me a white kid that has applied and not accepted first. You need a plantif before you go digging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not one charter school in the top ten. Interesting.

You would expect a charter school to surpass application/test-in magnents and schools West of the Park? Are you new to DC????????????????????

Also, what's more telling is that a charters like Latin and Basis (1st year) soared passed Hardy and every other "established" DCPS middle school other than Deal and barely Oyster. The fact that you would even post that comment gets under my skin. Please do not make this a DCPS vs Charter debate. Thank heaven there are great Charter options for people that can't afford to live WoTP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Banneker is for Blacks and SWW is for whites. Did anyone notice that Eastern has the second highest test scores for the comprehensive schools. Wilson is number one but they have triple the tenth grade population in comparison to Eastern. Eastern came on strong and looks good on paper and that's nothing to sneeze at.

My niece is doing great at Banneker. Go Banneker!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hadn't heard of PARCC before - how will this work: replace DC CAS? Will charters take the PARCC also?

Yes and yes.

At first I thought this would give DCPS more chance to obfuscate but now I'm realizing it'll give us some really apple-to-apples numbers to compare with other jurisdictions.

That's when the reality will sink and city leaders will be force to hire real, experienced education administrators to run DC's schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can't most Capitol Hill Montessori kids do grade level math when so few are FARMs?

Go Maury, way up. A good many high-SES kids stayed for 3rd at long last.

Maury went up in all groups-- not just the group who are in 3rd. Scores up in each groups- FARM and otherwise. Also, remember that while overall proficiency is goal, GROWTH is what is a true measure of teaching and learning.

Yea, OK, but AFFLUENCE is the true measure of teaching and learning in America in 2013. The low SES kids are rising with the high SES tide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not one charter school in the top ten. Interesting.

You would expect a charter school to surpass application/test-in magnents and schools West of the Park? Are you new to DC????????????????????

Also, what's more telling is that a charters like Latin and Basis (1st year) soared passed Hardy and every other "established" DCPS middle school other than Deal and barely Oyster. The fact that you would even post that comment gets under my skin. Please do not make this a DCPS vs Charter debate. Thank heaven there are great Charter options for people that can't afford to live WoTP.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really makes me wonder why more kids don't attempt Banneker.

Too many brown kids...be real. Not my opinion, but i've seen a lot of this on this site.

So much for the theory that the only way to improve scores is to attract "white/affluent" students and their "likley to be involved" parents.

True. Equally, so much for the theory (common in some education circles to pass the ball) that the only way to improve education is to end poverty.

It's not the only way. But systemic poverty creates perpetual inequality. Especially in a district where PTA wealth makes a huge difference in staffing and school amenities.

The public funding per student in DC is higher than most states - including those that perform better. So, please forget that PTA excuse. The resources are there. The question is how they are spent so they result in educational outcomes.

This is misleading at best for a number of reasons, including the high percentage of SpEd students who are sent to expensive out-of-state placements in order to satisfy IEP requirements.

Numbers don't lie.

Perhaps that is an example of questionable resource allocation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BASIS - first year out - very, very impressive.

+1! Proud Basis parent here!

This should not surprise anyone given the caliber student that is drawn to enroll at Basis. Those would be the scores no matter what school they all enrolled in together

[Anonymous]

To say Eastern has no growth is utterly ridiculous when you compare them to the other comprehensive counterparts. Eastern scores are doubled in comparison, so growth comparising is a kill joy. I see that many don't want to give schools their 5-min of fame.

Basis gets good test scores on their inaugural trial and Eastern needs to be compared to some irrelevant bullsh*t to justify their success.

Is it an oxymoron where the Cap Hill elementary, montessori and middle schools did so/so but the lone high-school did extremely well. Explain that stroller-brigade?

I am wondering if Cap-Hill grade schools are floundering out and Kaya sensed it and that's she didn't cater to their woes.

Kaya the clairvoyant. LOL

[Anonymous]

This is pretty depressing, Barnard is tanking while their SES is rising, and I have no idea what they are doing differently to cause the decline, except that they extended the school to include 5th grade?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Banneker is for Blacks and SWW is for whites. Did anyone notice that Eastern has the second highest test scores for the comprehensive schools. Wilson is number one but they have triple the tenth grade population in comparison to Eastern. Eastern came on strong and looks good on paper and that's nothing to sneeze at.

My niece is doing great at Banneker. Go Banneker!

Is a Banneker college acceptance list available?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not one charter school in the top ten. Interesting.

You would expect a charter school to surpass application/test-in magnents and schools West of the Park? Are you new to DC????????????????????

If you break it down by category, several of the top 10 high schools are charters, as are several of the top 10 middle and elementary schools. And yes, in several cases charters did outperform the "highly regarded" DCPS schools.