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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Banneker were a comprehensive DC high school, I'd thoroughly agree.  But Banneker is an application school serving the college bound with average SAT scores in the 500s.  That isn't impressive by any standard.

There doesn't seem to be any momentum for change at Walls or Banneker, or Wilson for that matter, with BASIS as an option for those aiming high academically.  [/quote]

Can someone please cite to the average SAT score of 500? That's appallingly low. So low that I don't believe it without seeing independent verification.  [/quote]

Looks like 1120 combined here. https://www.niche.com/k12/benjamin-banneker-academic-high-school-washington-dc/academics/[/quote]

That's slightly above average for college-bound seniors and it reflects the fact that Banneker accepts students [b]who range from at grade level all the way up.[/b] Schools with significantly higher SATs have an entering student body which is more selected, either via actual tests or via something else (like parental income/education), or they have students leaving before SAT time. It doesn't tell you much about how well the school is instructing students. [/quote]

Its concerning that a test in honors school is taking kids at grade level at all. [/quote]

Why? There are many schools with a test-in component which take a significant range of students. I understand you think there should be an elite, test-in high school, but the existence of Banneker is not why that school does not exist. These are separate issues. And where would you put those students? They're not going to be well-served in most of the DCPS zoned high schools, and even if they are zoned for Wilson, that's a big school that's not for everyone. [/quote]

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