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[quote=Anonymous]19:01, I think you need to read the DCPS web site a little more carefully.  It says, "Our students need to graduate from high school ready to be successful in college, careers and life. Yet, only 9 percent of 9th grade students in DC graduated from college within five years of finishing high school. Moreover, if you’re a DC student who just makes proficiency on the DC CAS, that level of proficiency translates to only a 16th percentile score on the SAT."  It's a little hard to tell what this means, as 12th grade is not a testing year.  It might mean that a 10th grader who hits the proficiency cut-off would perform at the 16th percentile level on the SAT, although that is also weird since they don't test the same things.

And, keep in mind that these are just eligibility standards.  You still have to take the SWW test and interview.  So, having a low PSAT score might screen out a prospective applicant, but scoring just at the proficient level on DC CAS doesn't mean a child will be admitted.  All that said, they do seem to be different standards, although it's not at all clear how they actually compare.  [/quote]

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