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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not buying that the BASIS population looks a lot different than that of selective schools and upscale suburban districts, or that tests are needed to select academically advanced students for certain classes. BASIS attracts mostly UMC families, primarily from Ward 6. The crux of the problem is that both DCPS and DCPC reject academic tracking across the board in core middle school subjects. In Arlington, public school families can opt for students to take "intensified" science, English, social studies, along with math taught one or two years ahead of grade level, in 7th and 8th grades. Any student can take intensified classes, but content won't be dumbed down for academic stragglers. If we had the same system in DC, we'd be a lot better off. [/quote]
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