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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.

I actually know, separate from ERBs, that my kid does not feel challenged in several different subjects, and it has been that way for a couple years now. I also know ERBs are just one measurement and NOT any kind of legitimate ranking, it’s just the only data I have to compare kids across schools.

But before I try to push the school to challenge DC more, or even consider moving them to a school with a reputation for being more rigorous, I’m trying to understand what a reasonable expectation would be.

Here are the possibilities:

1. If a “good” (but not top tier) private in the DC area would have 10+ kids at DCs level (say, 97-99th percentile NN and IN, which is a stanine of 9 but you can have a 9 stanine at a lower percentile too) , I think I should push the school to provide more (because surely my DC is not the only one feeling this way).

2. If DC is actually 1 out of 100 at a “good” but not “exceptional” DC area private, would moving them to a more rigorous private put them in a group of 10+ out of 100? (Which would be a good thing, since I assume school would be more able to challenge these kids)

3. OR the final option is that even if DCs good school has 1 or 2 out of 100 kids at their level, if a more rigorous school would still only have 4 or 5 kids at that level, perhaps I should try to challenge DC through activities and interests outside school and just be happy it feels easy (no need to disrupt their life and move them if a top tier / big three school would still not be super challenging in terms of content - I do think the top schools around here are always challenging in terms of workload).

I’m genuinely interested in thoughts here because it’s just impossible to know how to compare schools![/quote]

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