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[quote=Anonymous]The test scores for students of color at Piney Branch, particularly the black students, are pretty awful: https://www.greatschools.org/maryland/takoma-park/938-Piney-Branch-Elementary-School/#Race_ethnicity*Test_scores*Math

Even if you have a non-English speaking Ethiopian population of black students, I don't understand why math scores would be so low by 5th grade. At Rolling Terrace, for example, math pass rates for Hispanic and Black students at the 5th grade level are 28% and 30% respectively, but for Piney Branch it's only 14% (not that any of those rates are great, but Piney Branch is just abysmal)!

Is there something going on in the classrooms or the school in general that needs to be fixed? I'm very nervous about my son going there in another year. I don't want him to fall behind because some unknown element at the school is holding children of color back. I guess I could start reaching out to the principal or teachers there, I just wonder if anyone has any insight that might be helpful (or suggestions about what to do!).

TIA[/quote]

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