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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Basis is lottery yes, but also pushes kids out who are not performing. And this is widely understood impacting the applications. All in all this is akin to cherry picking. [/quote]

If by "pushes kids out" you mean has rigorous workloads and doesn't socially promote so kids leave, then I guess so. People who think high standards are the problem are one of the reasons DC schools suck.

What's funny is there is a point to be in response to the comparison of "pure lottery" vs application, but you didn't make that point. The point a rational person would have made is, "While BASIS is a pure lottery in 5th, the self selection that occurs as kids rise and leave combined with the fact that they don't add kids after 5th means it is intellectually dishonest to argue "pure lottery vs application. The truth is somewhere in the middle and at any rate this is apples to oranges. And a completely unnecessary and useless comparison."

But you didn't make that point, you just recycled a trope about "forcing kids out". Yawn. [/quote]

Kids leave Banneker, self-select, etc.

The difference here is that Banneker selects its students and Basis doesn’t.[/quote]

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