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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To 4:36: I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt on the tracking and/or providing challenging material to kids that are ready for it. SAT scores in the two Arizona schools that have been established for a while are Tucson 1,933 and Scottsdale 1,951.  By comparison

Langley High School: 1812 
James Madison High School: 1730 was 
George C. Marshall High School: 1702 
McLean High School: 1755 
Oakton High School: 1753 
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology: 2186

Not quite in Jefferson’s’ league, but still.

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Poster with the 3rd grader again.  PP above, where do you come by these SAT stats?  Thanks for those.

I bet if you were to look at SAT scores for select groups of students within the above high schools, e.g. those pursuing the full IB diploma, or taking 6+ AP classes, as BASIS demands, average scores would be a good deal higher.   Although I'm impressed with the Arizona scores, the rowdy scene I observed in the school hallways left me questioning the wisdom of letting in so many tough seeming 7th and 8th graders.  BASIS surely won't be able to afford to phase out all the rowdies (they will need the per capita outlays to run the school, no?) and these kids are unlikely to help them market the curriculum to the parents of strong students, like us, as they years go by.  What sort of SAT scores will we be seeing in four or five years then?  We'll have to wait seven or eight years, once the current 5th graders have taken the SAT, for scores of 1700+?  Average SAT scores for those admitted to my own alma mater are 2200+.  My spouse thinks that we'll have to go private to aspire to such scores, while neighborhood friends are convinced that Wilson's academies would deliver, particularly if Deal starts to track for new subjects shortly.

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