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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Race is only interesting with these comparisons when it's a proxy for SES. Would look at these statistics with regard to FARMs rate if possible to gain greater insight.[/quote]

If we use the same metric (5th grade Math PARCC in 2018), the meet or exceed numbers for kids receiving FARMS are:

Piney Branch - 11%

Rolling Terrace - 12%

East Silver Spring - 37%[/quote]

I think the PP is right in assuming this is a function of SES, but the question to ask is what is ESS doing to help these kids and can it be done elsewhere.[/quote]

I'd ask what ESS is doing right overall. If we look at the exact same test, white kids did better at ESS than at Piney Branch as well.

For 5th grade math, 73% of white kids at PBES met or exceeded the metric, while 91% of white kids at ESS met or exceeded.

I've had kids at both schools and think they both have strengths and weaknesses. I think Piney Branch's scores for white and non-FARMS kids will only go up as the school holds onto all of its CES kids, while ESS does not yet have a local center. But I think ESS gets a bum rap on DCUM and I think OP is right to keep an eye on scores for marginalized kids at Piney Branch because those are not trending in the right direction.

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