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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Relevant to this discussion, US News computes a figure they call “state assessment performance” which measures proficiency relative to what US News would predict based on demographics. On this measure BASIS DC ranks outside the top 8,000 schools in the country, which is worse than peer schools in DC like Latin, CHEC, Banneker, Walls, McKinley, and Duke. Perhaps more troubling, it’s quite bad compared to the BASIS schools in Arizona, all of which are ranked in the top 500 nationally. I don’t know why BASIS DC is so weak compared to both peer groups, but it certainly seems like something is wrong.

There are some great kids at BASIS DC, and I get that it’s the best option available for some families, but it really doesn’t seem like a model to be emulated. [/quote]

Meh. I’ll take a high performing peer group that US News thinks should be even more high performing over a mediocre or low performing peer group that US News thinks is doing better than they should be. Thanks.  [/quote]

I think you mean that mediocre is a group with all the advantages performing lower than they should. But I agree that families with kids who best fit at BASIS should have BASIS as an option.[/quote]

No, that's not what I mean.  I mean a group of kids whose parents are engaged and interested in them having a good education, who are not going to be throwing things at the teacher or cussing them out, because they care about doing well.  Peer group matters, and I have seen firsthand how badly a class can be affected by kids and families who DNGAF.  If US News thinks that the highest performing school in DC should be even higher performing based on demographics at that school, I'm not going to get my panties in a wad over that. [/quote]

So if BASIS has a low at-risk and SPED population, and willingly kicks out kids with behavioral difficulties, and doesn't backfill, then why does it still have such unimpressive test scores relative to demographics? It seems like it should be doing better with all of those advantages.[/quote]

No one cares. You should seek professional help for your BASIS psychosis. You have created in your head some rubric/formula about what a school's test scores should be based on a hypothetical population of students. Other than replying to your insane posts to amuse ourselves no one cares what you think. We're actually at the point where we don't even bother pointing out that lie and make up facts (kicks kids out is not a thing). If you actually cared about public education in DC you'd focus your energy on the 50,000 students in DCPS schools who attend failing schools. But you don't really care about educating kids. You don't care were those poor marginal kids go or what kind of education they get as long as you get to whine about BASIS.

As I said, seek help.[/quote]

+1000

These posts read like someone who didn't get into BASIS in the lottery, is mad about the school their kids are going to, and is trying to make themselves feel better by inventing ways that BASIS is not that good.  Nobody cares. [/quote]

On the contrary, my kids did not and will not lottery for BASIS at all. Because it isn't that good a school. And I think calling out BASIS-boosters and asking them to question their data and their assumptions is important and worthwhile.

Does anyone think an at-risk percentage of 10% would ruin BASIS? No more "rigor" if that were the goal? What if the lottery naturally produced that percentage-- would BASIS fall apart?[/quote]

So you have zero experience with the school. How unsurprising. [/quote]

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