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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is now at both EH and SH [b]approximately 30 students in each grade who get 4s and 5s on the CAPE math test.  That is a cohort. [/b] Is Latin better?  Most would say yes and especially yes if you care about having a decent high school locked in.  But it is also now a very difficult lottery spot to land.  Is Hardy better?  Most would say yes but it is also a pretty lengthy daily commute from the eastern side of the city even with a lottery spot.  Basis is pretty controversial - and the 5th grade waitlist movement and 7th-9th grade attrition there both speak to that.  I think its increasingly common to not get into Latin, turn down Basis, and try a Hill area dcps middle school.[/quote]

No.  That is only a cohort if the students are tracked, which DCPS absolutely refuses to do.  The reality is, in a classroom at EH, more than 80% of students are going to be below grade level. [/quote]

is this the point when I say my kid is smart and advantaged enough that I don’t think being around less privileged kids as a 12 yr old will threaten his future? [/quote]

It's not about "being around less privileged" kids. It's that when you are in a class where the kids are so below grade level at the middle school level, the teacher actually has to change the standards of the class to meet the bottom -- no homework and very low expectations. Because DCPS teachers are not really allowed to fail kids. So the kids are the top are not held to high expectations either, even though they could all handle it.

BASIS works because they actually do fail kids out and so they can keep high standards. Latin and Deal and Hardy work because they have a critical mass of proficient kids, so they can raise the standards for everyone.

This is not as much of an issue in elementary school, when teachers can create "small groups" within the class. It becomes a huge issue in middle school.

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my kid is learning and not getting stupider, and also very happy, and the EH teachers are responsive, and he’s having fun, doing clubs, making friends … where’s the “huge issue”? [/quote]

Do you talk to your kid about how they feel about the academics at EH? We know several UMC EH students from various sports teams. Given that there are only a handful of UMC kids at EH, feels like a pretty representative sample. They speak very poorly of the school and clearly consider it to be a joke. That’s not the kind of environment I want my kid in, and it’s not the kind of attitude I want them to have about school. [/quote]

I’m not sure that’s a good way to assess any school! But thanks for the note. Pearls, they are clutched. [/quote]

So CAPE scores and kids actual experiences are not a good way to assess school.  But you know best really and how? [/quote]

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