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[b]I do not see 7th and 8th graders dragging down the school for years[/b] since BASIS is going above and beyond to get them up to speed and all students must pass their classes and from 6th grade up must pass comprehensive exams in all subjects in order to pass to the next grade. BASIS does not do social promotion. They offer students a chance to take comprehensive exams again and to repeat a grade if they fail. [/quote]

I do, because these kids are going to get mediocre, or even lousy, DC-CAS scores that won't be good advertising for the school.  Latin's HS  has the same problem.  Parents of some of the strongest students in the city will see the scores, and then won't put in for BASIS.  The not-so-great test scores will be around for longer than the kids who can't cut it.  Really too bad that BASIS DC didn't simply start with 5th grade, for financial reasons.

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From what I understand Latin does social promotion and BASIS does not. Therefore, the DC-CAS scores should improve over time since the students who fail their classes will probably choose another school rather than repeat a grade. Therein lies the difference.[/quote]

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