Walls test today

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DC said it was hard. What about yours?

Same. DC also said there was not enough space to write 6 paragraphs.

The essay said specifically to write six paragraphs?

It did not!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hope that DCPS wakes up and realizes that the schools it points to as being DC’s best like Walls and Wilson would be considered as mediocre-minus on in a lot of other school districts. Diversity and inclusion are nice, but they don’t matter much when the schools themselves need a reset.

Code for “black kids can never meet strict educational requirements”

Also, Moco schools are not as great as you all make out to be

Evidently that's what DCPS and leftist supporters believe, or they wouldn't constantly be removing "barriers" by lowering standards.

All the white DCUM assume their kid is top 5% yet there are very few PARCC 5 scorers WOTP.

Meanwhile the only ones EOTP are from Brent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that DCPS wakes up and realizes that the schools it points to as being DC’s best like Walls and Wilson would be considered as mediocre-minus on in a lot of other school districts. Diversity and inclusion are nice, but they don’t matter much when the schools themselves need a reset.

Code for “black kids can never meet strict educational requirements”

Also, Moco schools are not as great as you all make out to be

Evidently that's what DCPS and leftist supporters believe, or they wouldn't constantly be removing "barriers" by lowering standards.

All the white DCUM assume their kid is top 5% yet there are very few PARCC 5 scorers WOTP.

Meanwhile the only ones EOTP are from Brent.

No, Shepherd ES, West, LaSalle, Brightwood, Bancroft has them too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that DCPS wakes up and realizes that the schools it points to as being DC’s best like Walls and Wilson would be considered as mediocre-minus on in a lot of other school districts. Diversity and inclusion are nice, but they don’t matter much when the schools themselves need a reset.

Code for “black kids can never meet strict educational requirements”

Also, Moco schools are not as great as you all make out to be

Evidently that's what DCPS and leftist supporters believe, or they wouldn't constantly be removing "barriers" by lowering standards.

All the white DCUM assume their kid is top 5% yet there are very few PARCC 5 scorers WOTP.

Meanwhile the only ones EOTP are from Brent.

No, Shepherd ES, West, LaSalle, Brightwood, Bancroft has them too.

The PARCC report specifically tells you how your child did relative to other DC students so it is not a guess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope that DCPS wakes up and realizes that the schools it points to as being DC’s best like Walls and Wilson would be considered as mediocre-minus on in a lot of other school districts. Diversity and inclusion are nice, but they don’t matter much when the schools themselves need a reset.

Code for “black kids can never meet strict educational requirements”

Also, Moco schools are not as great as you all make out to be

Evidently that's what DCPS and leftist supporters believe, or they wouldn't constantly be removing "barriers" by lowering standards.

All the white DCUM assume their kid is top 5% yet there are very few PARCC 5 scorers WOTP.

Meanwhile the only ones EOTP are from Brent.

This is a thread about SWW high school. Elementary school PARCC scores are irrelevant to this thread, and to HS admissions.

No, Shepherd ES, West, LaSalle, Brightwood, Bancroft has them too.

The PARCC report specifically tells you how your child did relative to other DC students so it is not a guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just read today’s Post article on Walls. This notion of admitting any student in the top 15 percent of failing middle schools - in the name of the gods of diversity and inclusion - is jist nuts. The problem for DCPS is that in some schools only 1 percent of students pass the national standardized exam. If you effectively create a quota of at risk students at Walls by waiving academic success criteria, then the result will be diversion of faculty and staff resources to bring underperforming students up to grade level, at the expense of the learning experience of the high performing students. Or the curriculum will be dumbed down. Why DCPS seems hell bent on destroying one of the few standout schools in the District is beyond me. I guess it’s philosophical — it somehow being better to provide ‘equitable and inclusive’ access to mediocrity instead of letting those who have worked hard to achieve reach their full potential.

I attended Walls back when the principal had the discretion to admit students in this manner. I’m one of them. I came from one of the lowest performing MSs and fell behind in math to no fault of my own. My peers were behind so we didn’t cover some material during those two years of math. I caught up fairly at quickly at SWW. It’s unfortunate that kids like myself wouldn’t have a shot today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope that DCPS wakes up and realizes that the schools it points to as being DC’s best like Walls and Wilson would be considered as mediocre-minus on in a lot of other school districts. Diversity and inclusion are nice, but they don’t matter much when the schools themselves need a reset.

My kid will be fine in a "mediocre-minus" school. In fact, I can keep him home for 12 years and he will do fine getting into college and in life.
There is nothing high school teaches that he can't learn at home.
My STEM high school offered Russian, Latin, English, French, Finnish and German. I know how good education looks like. DC wouldn't be getting it in MoCo or FF either.
US can buy well educated people.

[Anonymous]

Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858

They are following what NYC is doing it's the latest progressive thing to do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858

They are following what NYC is doing it's the latest progressive thing to do

I actually think it is the way SWW has operated for years -- having flexibility to allow students with GPA but lower entrance exam scores in based on their interview results (can't confirm it, but suspect).

Adding a 4 or 5 PARCC score as a requirement makes that practice impossible.

I would imagine the Council isn't just reacting to the situation at SWW. Banneker, McKinley, SWW all now require a 7th-grade PARCC score of 4 or 5 for admission. That eliminates a lot of DC students from consideration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858

They are following what NYC is doing it's the latest progressive thing to do

Yes, progressive. Progressively destroying the few good public schools in this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858

They are following what NYC is doing it's the latest progressive thing to do

I actually think it is the way SWW has operated for years -- having flexibility to allow students with GPA but lower entrance exam scores in based on their interview results (can't confirm it, but suspect).

Adding a 4 or 5 PARCC score as a requirement makes that practice impossible.

I would imagine the Council isn't just reacting to the situation at SWW. Banneker, McKinley, SWW all now require a 7th-grade PARCC score of 4 or 5 for admission. That eliminates a lot of DC students from consideration.

Yup

For Black Males its just

20.7% with a 4+ ELA 17.7% Math

For At-Risk its just

21.1% and 15%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858

They are following what NYC is doing it's the latest progressive thing to do

I actually think it is the way SWW has operated for years -- having flexibility to allow students with GPA but lower entrance exam scores in based on their interview results (can't confirm it, but suspect).

Adding a 4 or 5 PARCC score as a requirement makes that practice impossible.

I would imagine the Council isn't just reacting to the situation at SWW. Banneker, McKinley, SWW all now require a 7th-grade PARCC score of 4 or 5 for admission. That eliminates a lot of DC students from consideration.

Yup

For Black Males its just

20.7% with a 4+ ELA 17.7% Math

For At-Risk its just

21.1% and 15%

So unfair. I think SWW should do a lottery. Wilson's honors classes also should use a lottery system. And Havard, of course. I think Harvard should just put all our children's names in a big bag and invite a celebrity to do the draw. It should be on YouTube so we would know for sure it was fair. I would pray a lot and then my DC would finally be a WINNER!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858

They are following what NYC is doing it's the latest progressive thing to do

I actually think it is the way SWW has operated for years -- having flexibility to allow students with GPA but lower entrance exam scores in based on their interview results (can't confirm it, but suspect).

Adding a 4 or 5 PARCC score as a requirement makes that practice impossible.

I would imagine the Council isn't just reacting to the situation at SWW. Banneker, McKinley, SWW all now require a 7th-grade PARCC score of 4 or 5 for admission. That eliminates a lot of DC students from consideration.

Yup

For Black Males its just

20.7% with a 4+ ELA 17.7% Math

For At-Risk its just

21.1% and 15%

So unfair. I think SWW should do a lottery. Wilson's honors classes also should use a lottery system. And Havard, of course. I think Harvard should just put all our children's names in a big bag and invite a celebrity to do the draw. It should be on YouTube so we would know for sure it was fair. I would pray a lot and then my DC would finally be a WINNER!

Kids don't control where they are born and what school system they are zoned for. By taking from each area you might incentive more folks "of means" to move to "less desirable" areas in order to game the system. This would actually improve inequality which should be the end goal for society. Having an entire underclass helps no one and actually costs more money as people become adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858

They are following what NYC is doing it's the latest progressive thing to do

I actually think it is the way SWW has operated for years -- having flexibility to allow students with GPA but lower entrance exam scores in based on their interview results (can't confirm it, but suspect).

Adding a 4 or 5 PARCC score as a requirement makes that practice impossible.

I would imagine the Council isn't just reacting to the situation at SWW. Banneker, McKinley, SWW all now require a 7th-grade PARCC score of 4 or 5 for admission. That eliminates a lot of DC students from consideration.

Yup

For Black Males its just

20.7% with a 4+ ELA 17.7% Math

For At-Risk its just

21.1% and 15%

So unfair. I think SWW should do a lottery. Wilson's honors classes also should use a lottery system. And Havard, of course. I think Harvard should just put all our children's names in a big bag and invite a celebrity to do the draw. It should be on YouTube so we would know for sure it was fair. I would pray a lot and then my DC would finally be a WINNER!

We should do that to everything else in our lives. Lottery for fancy homes! Lottery for good jobs! Since I am lucky, I will be a doctor, living in a Kalorama mansion, with a handsome hubby that I got on a YouTube lottery. Who needs to make effort, study hard, have talent? No, we will live in a FAIR world so we don't need that.