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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WaPo has a few more details on the money going to the ten lowest-rated schools — they are taking the same amount money that has gone to schools to improve in the past, but now are concentrating it in fewer schools.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/education/star-ratings-show-dc-schools-that-need-the-most-help/2018/12/07/76f1f6d2-fa43-11e8-863c-9e2f864d47e7_story.html[/quote]

I honestly think it's really unfair that Langley's getting money.  I know people that send their kids there, well beyond preschool, and there's just no way it's the second-worst elementary school in the entire city.  That may be what the numbers spit out, but there's no way it's actually that bad.[/quote]

This.  It should go to our IB Walker-Jones.  They got three stars and that is crazy to me.  I toured last year and would definitely rather be at Langley.[/quote]

These ratings - by design - reflect PARCC proficiency and growth  Whatever is or isn’t happening at Walker Jones, its students outperforming Langley on both measures.

Seems like someone should dig in and figure out why. Langley has had this PARCC data since summer. [b]What is the principals strategy?[/b][/quote]

I'm not the principal (or even a Langley parent), but if you are interested, the principal addressed the scores and ratings on the school blog.  https://www.langleyelementary.org/tiger-tales.  Basically, it sounds like these scores catch Langley in year 2 of the principal's 5 year plan to turn the school around, and that it looks like the school has started performing well in the younger grades, and has actually stopped losing as much ground in the upper grades.  We'll see.[/quote]

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