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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Exactly!  I don’t have a personal ax to grind with any particular charters.  I'm just wondering aloud why the charters listed above are so popular on these boards, yet their scores don’t seem to have earned them that love.  Why don’t I hear more about KIPP, TM and the others on DCUM? [/quote]

Those schools are predominately AA.  They spend most of their time testing and not much else.  Good scores but not well rounded.  They work very hard to earn those scores.  The other charters have a mix of populations and the kids come already advanced/proficient.  Just like the JKLM schools.  If A students get adv scores good.  If C students get Adv scores, miraculous.  Two sides of coin.  [/quote]

When a school is predominately AA and scores well on standard tests, the DCUM crowd sums it up to teaching to the test. The MD board says the same thing about PG County schools that outscore their "whiter" counterparts in MoCo. BTW, the second part of your statement doesn't make any sense. If the charters are pulling from the same crowd that KIPP is pulling from, why can't they bring to a similar proficiency as a KIPP. How well-rounded do you need to be in elementary school and exactly what are you teaching that is so inefficient and taking away time from learning the basics? Honestly, I want to know.[/quote]

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