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[quote=Anonymous]Performance relative to demographics is a useless metric when you're using low bar tests like state tests.  Essentially, you're looking at pass rates among groups of kids who were likely to pass when they first walked into the classroom.  You're also equating a higher SES kid who barely passes grade level subjects with a kid who would easily crush the tests from 2-3 grade levels higher.

At Basis, every single 8th grader is at least taking Algebra II.  They're also taking high school equivalents of physics, chemistry, and biology.  By 8th grade, the kids have learned to write solid essays .  By 9th, they're all taking at least one AP class, and most of them are earning passing scores on the AP exam.  I doubt your "performance vs. demographics" stats take any of this into account.

My kids have been in classrooms (not at Basis), where they were ignored all day.  They still passed the state tests.  They also have been in classrooms at Basis, where they've learned a tremendous amount of content all day.  They passed the state tests there, too.  Since they passed the state tests at both schools, both schools educated them equally well, right?[/quote]

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