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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If BASIS backfilled with the aim of attracting top DC STEM students who could ace their math and science curriculum wouldn’t they come out ahead? Every math whiz who might be a great fit for the BASIS HS wasn’t around for the 5th grade lottery, or didn’t enroll in the middle school. Widening the gene pool in search of talent tends to pay off.[/quote] Come on, in theory BASIS DC could do exactly what the AZ campuses have done for decades. Those campuses permit open lottery backfilling prospective students to enroll and take subject placement tests. The next step would be to scare off the backfilling but poorly prepared by announcing appropriate cohort placements. Nothing in the BASIS charter would prevent this approach and the DCPSCB couldn’t stop it. But the political furor backfilling with transparent rigor would create would be epic, so it’s not done.[/quote]

"Scaring off" poorly prepared students probably violates the federal law establishing DC charters:

b) CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION.—A public charter school may not limit enrollment on the basis of a student’s race, color, religion, national origin, language spoken, intellectual or athletic ability, [b]measures of achievement or aptitude,[/b] or status as a student with special needs. A public charter school may limit enrollment to specific grade levels.[/quote]

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