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I agree, PP.  The annual attrition rate is an important statistic, and it does seem like some BASIS AZ schools have annual attrition rates in the low teens.  However, that rate should be compared to the attrition rates of comparable schools.

For example, Latin has an attrition rate almost 10% in the middle school and almost 8% in the upper school, according to the following report: [url]http://dcpubliccharter.com/data/files/2013_Applications/2011-2012_Annual_Report_GW4WashinLatin.pdf[/url]

So, let's take 9% as the "background attrition rate" for a certain type of DC MS-HS charter .  That is, let's take this as the rate of attrition that results from factors such as moving, not fitting in, preferring the IB HS but not the IB MS, etc.

We don't yet know what the attrition rate at BASIS DC is going to be, but let's assume it ends up being 15%, which is probably on the high side.  Then, we might infer that rigorous curriculum and comprehensive exams only increase the attrition rate by about 6%.  So, every year about 6% of the BASIS DC kids might leave for no reason other than the fact that they can't keep up with the curriculum.

Is 6% such a terrible statistic?  How low would the bar have to be set so that not a single child in the 6% is hurt?  Given that many of the 6% will be in a position switch to less accelerated but still decent programs at Latin, SWW, etc., how much hurt is there really?

Would you prefer a test-in model for BASIS that eliminates the 6% from the outset?  Would that hurt them less?

Consider the best local test-in STEM public school, TJ.  Of the 3,423 students that applied to the class of 2016, only 480 were accepted ([url]http://www.fcps.edu/cco/pr/tj/tjadmissions0412.pdf [/url]).  So, 86% of the applicants were eliminated at the outset.  Isn't it better to be given the chance to succeed and fail than not to be given the chance at all?

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I think 6% is way too low in DC.  My child's class lost three kids just to out of DC moves (two were overseas postings).  [/quote]

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