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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think the two alternatives presented by the OP present a fair picture of what's going on.

I think it's more accurate to say (for our family) that charters are keeping us in DC AND they are holding back our DCPS.

The charters are also (1) adding to the variety of academic programs that are available to us; (2) creating an incentive for DCPS to do better; and (3) illustrating for DCPS what parents want.  Considering all of the above, I think they are good for the system as a whole, even though they are holding back our in boundary DCPS elementary school.

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on 2) -- the overall results are largely comparable between DCPS and charters.  if charters are pushing DCPS to improve academically one would assume a larger differential on outcomes[/quote]

hmm.  I don't agree with that assumption.  There only needs to be a perceived difference in quality to motivate parents to switch, and as a parent I don't think a statistic showing overall results would be very persuasive.  I'm interested in what I think is best for my kids, and I thought the charter option was better than in boundary DCPS, so that's the decision I made.  I think DCPS is definitely pushed to improved by the fact that so many (including myself) are voting with their feet and enrolling their kids in charters.[/quote]

so evidence and data don't carry much weight.  got it.[/quote]

I think paretns care less about PARCC and more about diversity and FARMS rates.  [/quote]

Oh please -- I don't buy for a second that diversity is a real attraction for charters.   There are ample compelling arguments for charters but that's pretty weak.  Plenty of charters are as non-diverse as DCPS schools serving lower income communities, and some have comparable FARM rates.  Those just aren't the "choices" you'd make

standardized scores absolutely matter in understanding achievement levels of cohorts.  I may place less value in seeing schools reach a range of abilities rather than a substantial % remedial or worse, but many schools in both sectors have students well below the line academically. With a few exceptions the highest achieving charters are also the least the diverse (ie KIPP).[/quote]

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