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Attendance [at Savoy] also went down from 2011 to 2012, as did retention of highly-performing teachers (none left in 2011; 10% left in 2012).

Obviously a short time-frame, but I'm not super impressed.
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So where did you get the stats about attendance and retention highly performing teachers?  Please provide the links.  It seems like you have access to hard-to-find info.[/quote]

Not hard to find at all.  Go to http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Savoy+Elementary+School and click "see more" under the "student performance at a glance" section.
The 95% attendance rate is under "unique school indicators" and retention of teachers is under "safe and effective schools."

And I agree that test scores are not the sole measure of school achievement.  However,

a) if not this, what?  kids coming to school? good teachers sticking around? those aren't going well either.  There must be some measure of a good school, and I don't think "Yo-Yo Ma coming" is an effective way to compare it.  Especially since 17% of kids had 15 or more absences last school year and therefore a fair number of students probably weren't even there to meet him.

b) if 80% of kids cannot pass the DC-CAS reading test, it doesn't matter if they like school, get to sing and dance and do art, whatever.  I'm not saying everyone has to be advanced.  But if you cannot read at an elementary school level, that could make the difference between a functional adulthood and one requiring a lot of assistance.

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