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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is amazing to me how many people say that Bancroft is just behind Oyster and is up and coming. I'd much rather have my kid at Reed based on these scores--Bancroft went down two categories (to Focus) and is now only 45% proficient/advanced overall. Reed is 60% proficient/advanced overall, and it's a rising school with less diversity and more low-income students. Powell is also rising, with 56% proficient/advanced overall. None of these schools comes anywhere near Oyster, which is 84% proficient and a reward school. [/quote]
The demographics of Bancroft are the closest to Oyster's (racial and socioeconomic diversity, though Bancroft still has much higher % of low income kids).

The middle class familes at Bancroft (especially those who stay past K) know test scores aren't the be-all, end-all, otherwise we wouldn't still be there. At the same time, the scores this year are very disappointing, especially the huge drop in reading. I wonder if it's partly because about half our 3rd-5th teaching staff seems to turn over each year. I look forward to hearing our principal's take on what went wrong. [/quote]

There is so much misinformation being passed off as facts on this thread.  Bancroft's demographics are close to Oyster's in what way?  Bancroft is 71% FARMS and Oyster is 25%.  Bancroft has a population of 58% English Language Learners, and Oyster's population is 15%.  The only thing they have in common is a large Hispanic population (which can be any race), and a small black population.  Bancroft is 73% Hispanic vs. 61% at Oyster; and Bancroft is 8% black vs. 7% at Oyster.  Oyster has over twice as many non-Hispanic whites as Bancroft (26% vs. 12%).  Oyster and Bancroft's demographics are really not similar at all (to say nothing of their test scores).[/quote]

++ Agree - they are very different populations. [/quote]

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