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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
I think wootton provides something in between magnet and non magnet. Not as rigorous as magnet but much more rigorous than non magnet program.

This is correct but Wootton carries an extra 100K premium over RM or QO because of the school's success. Wootton's super high scores and less vocal community will make it a target though for MCPS/DCC crowd so I would be worried about rezoning.

Although some people enjoy repeating this sort of thing it’s dishonest. Sure, Wootton is a great school by any measure but like most it has a high-performing group and an array of AP classes just like other HS. In Woottons case the high-achieving peer cohort is larger than most and it’s boundary includes few low-income students. This.results in higher test averaged but doesn’t mean AP classes are significantly different than those offered elsewhere[/quote]

SES isn't everything. If it was then Whitman would score higher than Whitman on the testing category.

I think SES has a big impact on a school being a 4 or lower vs a school being a 7 or higher but above or below this it really is the quality of the educational environment. Schools with equal FARMS can have very different scores depending on the quality of the teachers and whether the school is over crowded. I've seen this myself with my kids scores. One year DD had the fabulous teacher who really was amazing. She was able to work with DD in a way that other teachers have not. She scored a high 5 on PARCC. The next year, she had a burned out teacher who decided to just retire early or transfer the following year and DD barely scored a 4. She LDs in that subject but is very bright. In talking with other teachers there are patterns where the better teachers get higher scores out of the kids. [/quote]

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