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[quote=Anonymous]There are one or two posters who have occasionally suggested that there is some kind of "profiling" going on at Basis - they are probably used to their previous school, where their kid coasted through getting easy A's without ever really having to work hard at it, and where mastery of the content was never really a precondition for moving on.  Basis is the only public school in DC which does not do social promotion.  They have year-end comprehensive exams, and advancement to the next grade is predicated on passing the comp.  Kids are really expected to work hard, and to master the content, and I think some parents come in not taking that seriously, along with not really looking closely at how their kid is doing throughout the year, and then suddenly at year-end there's panic, that their kid might not move on to the next grade.  Basis does give kids regular quizzes and tests, which are a good gauge of how kids are doing throughout the year, along with giving a pre-comp before the real comp, as tools for families to gauge progress.  But, some don't seem to heed that - and worse then, turn to specious accusations claiming someone else's kid somehow got preferential treatment because of their race, SES, or being involved in boosters or how much money they gave to the school, when that is really not the case.  The 90s club is full of kids who come from all across the spectrum of race and SES, as well as plenty of kids whose families aren't involved in the boosters or who aren't contributing money or otherwise involved.  The sole criterion is and has always been academics.  The accusations of supposed "profiling" completely ignore the realities.[/quote]

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