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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not one charter school in the top ten. Interesting.[/quote]

You would expect a charter school to surpass application/test-in magnents and schools West of the Park?  Are you new to DC????????????????????[/quote]

If you break it down by category, several of the top 10 high schools are charters, as are several of the top 10 middle and elementary schools.  And yes, in several cases charters did outperform the "highly regarded" DCPS schools.[/quote]

Well, not one of 6 or so immersion charters outperformed DCPS’ Oyster-Adams in the language immersion category.  Oyster is still the champ by a healthy margin.  Now if only DCPS could bring up the scores of Bancroft & Marie Reed, among others. [/quote]

Oyster Adams is how old?  I don't know but I've met adults with children who've gone there.  Comparing Oyster to a bunch of new charters isn't fair and that's not even getting into how much money is spent per students in DCPS vs charters.[/quote]

Students in the DC CAS grades test into Oyster on a Spanish language assessment.  Guess what? Language proficiency = language proficiency = good student.
Charters can't test students in.  Comparing the two is like comparing apples to oranges.  DCPS "specialty" schools self-select the best students.
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Nope, it's not apples to oranges.  All language charters self select.  Don't you have to get in line at the crack of dawn to even be eligible for a spot at Yu Ying?  That hasn't been how one gets a lottery spot at Oyster for more than a decade.  Plus, Oyster has to take all comers who live IB, and the school has to compete for Spanish speaking families like any other immersion school.  [/quote]

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