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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test scores are a proxy for how good my kid's school is.

Grades are an indication of how hard my kid is trying. [/quote]

Don’t be fooled.  It doesn’t at all.  It shows how much the parents are teaching their kid at home.  [/quote]

Seems unlikely. I don't know how many parents have the time and energy and expertise to teach their kids much. I do know that DC schools, in general, have low standards and so standardized tests are a good way to know where you are compared to schools elsewhere. [/quote]

You don’t need expertise to teach elementary material.  Much of which can be taught through reading books together, museums, conversations, experiences.  The kids that score high nearly all have college educated parents that value education and are not low income.  It is because of what is happening at home, that they score high, not what is happening at school.  When you look at a mediocre school, it’s very easy to see the pattern of who is scoring high and who isn’t.  The kids that are scoring high would likely score high at any school. [/quote]

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