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[quote=Anonymous]This is really fascinating data. I think it might give you insight on schools that are perhaps up and coming - an early indicator.

So there's the obvious, plenty of good scores, from Wilson, Walls, Banneker. And even a decent amount from Oyster-Adams, which is surprising (doesn't that only go through 8th grade? They've got 8th graders taking AP tests??)

Then you got the zero or close to it contingent - Anacostia, Ballou, Dunbar, Eastern, Phelps, Ron Brown, Woodson. The bottom line is, if your kid has the skills to get decent scores on a couple AP tests, they are NOT going to fit in there - they will have NO kids at their level. For most parents, that is not an option.

But this gives a window into other options. Ellington, CHEC, McKinley - they may not be at the numbers that Wilson, Walls, and Banneker have, but they're over 50. That means there's a solid cohort of kids there taking and doing well at AP exams. This would make me feel much better about sending my kid, who will be taking and probably doing well at AP tests, to one of these schools - they'll have real AP classes with other students who are at AP level, and probably in a variety of subjects.

Cardozo, Coolidge, Roosevelt - these numbers are small (in the teens) but that's really different than 0-2. You're approaching a number where you could have some real AP classes. These numbers would make me bet on, for example, Roosevelt over Dunbar, which I don't know if I would have said before seeing this. Especially when you're talking DC, and things change fast - early indicators are valuable.

Does this data exist for charters?[/quote]

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