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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is the smallest elementary school in all of DC with very little FARMS, ELL and special ed. It better kill it. [/quote]

Ross is small, but so is Mann.  Ross is also only 65% IB—a much lower percentage than the 80% at Mann.  Mann also has a lower ELL and FARMS/Econ. Dis. rate than Mann, so why isn’t Mann #1 in everything?

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fwiw, Ross is 1/2 the size of Mann.[/quote]

And?  Mann also has twice the number of teachers of Ross.[/quote]

I’m not saying it matters (hence “fwiw”). You, or whoever wrote the first comment above implied that Mann and Ross are similar in size, but that Ross has more challenges on other factors, and that, therefore, we should draw some meaningful insight from comparing their results.

But the underlying premise — that they are similar in size — is wrong.

Frankly, I’m lost on what the point of this Ross discussion is.

There are a number of schools with strong test results - yay!  Keep up the good work!  The overall trends are slightly positive — that’s good.  Way too many schools have depressing results — how can that be remedied?[/quote]

I think the point of the discussion is how do we replicate what's happening at Ross, Mann, and all the other schools in the higher percentages. The answer, of course, is you can't. Not because of X or Y or Z, but XY AND Z. It's a unique school by many measures whose uniqueness works in its favor. This is also true for other high performing schools, but it sometimes feels like Ross has the most factors in its favor that can't be replicated elsewhere. (Or at least that DCPS doesn't have the willpower or money to implement.)[/quote]

You need to be looking at what KIPP and Kimbell too.  Schools with large chunks of at-risk kids who still get some results.  It's all outlined here about what needs to happen.  https://empowerk12.org/bold-improvement-schools[/quote]

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