Reply to Entering Oyster as Spanish-dominant -- Spanish proficiency test?

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Entering Oyster as Spanish-dominant -- Spanish proficiency test?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Btw, I didn't say anything about Deal because I have heard Oyster parents compare the school to Deal. I think that Oyster is best for students whose priority is attending a top-notch immersion school (as it is for us). Deal may be best for students who are struggling with the Spanish immersion curriculum, or desire a larger school with more extracurricular activities. [/quote]

OK, so now that we are through with validating my credentials as a bonafide Oyster parent we can talk about more important stuff. Like what in your view sets Oyster apart from LAMB? It can't just be the scores, because that can be correlated with the quality / SES level of students going to each school.
[/quote]

You first.  Why do you think that LAMB is "in the same league" as Oyster.  Btw, I am well aware of the connection between SES and test scores.  Oyster and LAMB have about the same percentage of FARMS students--about 25% and 26%, respectively.  However, there is a 10% gap in math scores and a 5% gap in reading scores, in Oyster's favor.   I should note that Oyster's scores have always been higher than other  DC immersion schools, even when they had an almost 40% FARMS rate and were a Title I school only a few years ago.  So, despite the fact that both schools have about the same levels of poverty, Oyster's students consistently achieve higher key test scores.

I have other reasons, but as I said earlier, you first.[/quote]

You should compare apples to apples here.

Here is the 2013-14 DC CAS Data for NON-FARM test takers at each school (3rd-5th):

Oyster: 
# NON FARM tested 167
81.44% prof/adv in math
86.23% prof/adv in reading

LAMB: 
# NON FARM tested 38
78.95% prof/adv in math
78.95% prof/adv in reading
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics