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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't ward 3 parents answer?

Anyway. I live in CCDC but send kids to private because our IB school is not good enough:  too big, too much standardized / NCLB prep,  DCCAS testing has a trickle-down effect on curriculum despite "autonomy" status and the fact that my neighbor peer parents claim it does not impact what gets taught and for how long.

If our neighborhood ES had a curriculm like MV or possibly CM -- which I don't think is as compelling -- we'd have given it a shot. Though there's still the endless testing problem.  [/quote]

What is the endless testing and test prep?   I assume you mean Lafayette or Murch.  If your children do not go there how do you know how much test prep there is?  I don't know your school, we are at Janney and beyond keeping the school quiet during the testing week and letting the kids chew gum during the tests, there is no test prep.  If the curriculum is being taught well it is not needed.  I think all of dcps gives interim assessments (anets) to see if kids are learning the materials, is that what you mean?

I don't want to derail this thread, but I think this is relevant to what makes a strong school.  I have heard of schools focusing on kids on the border to tip them into proficient, I did not think that was happening at WOTP schools.

Is this a problem at eotp schools?[/quote]

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