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Reply to "No School Tours at Abingdon Elementary?"
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[quote=Anonymous]20:25 here again.... know what is funny OP. I just looked up my kids' school. It is in FCPS and typically rates a 7 or 8 on Great schools. It is pretty low FARMS (about 11%) and very mixed school.... roughly 50% white, 18% black, 10 % hispanic and 15% asian. The irony is that for white and non-poor kids, the passing rates aren't quite as good as they are for the same groups at Abingdon! They are close, but not quite as high. No one puts my kids' school down as though it isn't good enough. It looks to me like the teaching at Abingdon is just as good if not better than other schools -- it just doesn't show in the ratings b/c there are so many more kids with challenges. For kids who are ready and able to absorb what is being taught, Abingdon looks surprisingly good! Ratings are surprisingly deceptive. [/quote]
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