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[quote=Anonymous]pioneerinstitute.org/download/seeds-of-achievement-appletrees-early-childhood-d-c-charter-schools/ is really interesting to me.  It seems like kids of all income levels make progress, and the achievement gap narrows though it is still pretty big.

It was interesting to see what percentage of kids qualified for FARMs at the various campuses, and how they viewed demographic changes in their schools.  I also didn't know they were involved in charter middle and high schools in the 1990s.

Another thing that stood out to me is the report's claim that a lot of kids who qualify for special ed services in elementary school do so because they just haven't been exposed to high-quality preschool.  The report says " Of the AppleTree graduates that have gone on to attend Washington, DC public elementary schools no student has, to date, been identified for special education services either in kindergarten or in elementary school."  That doesn't necessarily strike me as a good thing.  Instead, it makes me wonder if they are expelling/counseling out kids with disabilities before they graduate from Appletree, or not encouraging them to seek IEPs in their destination schools--I mean really, there are no kids with autism at Appletree? Fine motor or speech disorders? Cerebal Palsy? Hearing impairment? ADHD? Seems in any population of over 700 kids, you'd get at least something.  Alternately, perhaps if they are providing resources so kids with disabilities get private placement?[/quote]

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