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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the very specific group are you talking about?

Sorry, I should have just used the words 'demographic subgroup' of test takers.   Didn't mean for it to sound so ominous, wasn't my intent.

I do think it's important though to evaluate kids like yours in this type of "which school for ME?" analysis, rather than a school as a whole.  Though the latter is important for other considerations.[/quote]

I will reiterate pp. What specific group are you talking about?  Is it SES or race?  For us that really would never be a factor the issue would be at which school our children would be likely to be intellectually stimulated, and be with a fair number of other smart kids, no matter what color they are.  We are at BASIS.  We are a STEM oriented family although bilingual and one dc loves Latin.  We are Hispanic.  We would NEVER look at DCCAS scores for Hispanics or even as a whole at least in the early years to make this kind of decision.  To us it would make no sense because if your kid is already scoring advanced, they are not going to suddenly only score proficient.  You can put your child in a lower math class than that which they place in to if you are worried about acceleration.  30 problems a night can be tough, especially in Algebra etc.

Honestly, unless you fess up about what "specific demographic group" you are talking I have to stop looking at this thread because I feel like you have a hidden agenda that makes no sense for your child..  If your kid is AA and poor, and you are worried about them falling in with a bad crowd, maybe that might justify this.  But if you are white and high SES I just don't see the relevance.  We are not either and would never make a decision based on that.  I think the title of your thread is misleading.

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