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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Walls PARCC/CAPE scores:

2018-19 /exam/84.1% (4+ math)/93.4% (4+ ELA)

2023-24/no exam/67.8% (4+ math)/97% (4+ ELA)

ELA seems about the same but math is definitely lower.

There are no decent public options to Walls in DC (other than BASIS DC, which you can't get into after 5th grade) and it only cherry picks A students, so the fact that Walls has some NMS/top students doesn't necessarily mean that the overall school quality hasn't decreased.[/quote]

A measure of change in Math standards may be that 2018/19 SWW had 0/0% students taking Algebra I PARCC and 2024/25 SWW has 18/ 11% students taking Algebra I CAPE.[/quote]

Algebra 1 in 9th grade is a remedial math track that gets you to preCal in 12th, correct?

Why are these students even considered for Walls, let alone got in?[/quote]

Get the PCSB to mandate Algebra I in every 8th grade and maybe you’ll have an argument. As it is, many schools don’t offer Algebra I until 9th, no matter how smart an individual kid might be. [/quote]

The PCSB is not the issue.  The issue is that the kids in DC do so poorly in math that at many schools there is no cohort even able to do Algebra 1 by 8th grade.  There may be an individual smart kid but no cohort.

This is due to social promotion and OSSE refusal to do any type of G & T or tracking starting in elementary.  The problem is not that schools don’t offer it.  The problem is that there is no pathway for poor, smart kids at poorly performing schools.

Regardless, clearly standards have been lowered when you have kids at Walls coming in on a remedial math track.  That would not happen if the entrance testing was still offered. [/quote]

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