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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The list of this year's 36 DC NMSS by school is a bit interesting.  I note that TJ has produced 145 semifinalists this year, almost 1/3 of their junior class.

Georgetown Day:  8
Georgetown Prep: 1
Maret: 2
National Cathedral School: 4
[b]SWS: 2 (down from 5 last year, an all-time high)[/b]
Sidwell: 11
St. Albans: 7
St. Johns: 1
[b]Wilson: 1[/b] (up from zero last year, Wilson normally produces 1 or 2)
[b]Washington Latin: 0 (they had their first last year)[/b]

https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/36-dc-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists

DCPS and DCPC can do better on this metric.  I see the middle school test-in magnet programs deficit in this list, along with the problem of the system failing to offer above-grade-level middle school humanities classes in both DCPS and DCPC.  Hello, we can't produce many NMSS on a foundation of middle school math acceleration alone.  In-class differentiation for middle school humanities subjects isn't cutting it.[/quote]

Where is the research that says thst GT programs do anything for middle class kids?  The research also clearly indicates that SAT type tests are poorly correlated with college success. I'm not interested in having my kid spend a lot of time on test prep.

I have no interest in what Thomas Jefferson does. Fairfax County has chosen to adopt a test and weed system, with no evidence that the kids become Nobel Laureates or amazing success stories due to the school or their AAP  system as opposed to the skills they bring in with them . If they choose to abandon good reasoning habits, I see no reason to follow suit.[/quote]

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