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[b]You seriously think an intelligent child is unable to catch up in the later elementary grades if they move to a better school then? [/b]If so, then how early do you need to worry about academic school quality? In PK? [/quote]

I do not know. What I know is once kids are put on certain track, it's hard to get on a different track. I realize how crazy I sound (OP told me so already  :) ) but it is what it is. It's not like changing TV channel... You don't just change the channel and expect all is well. You want to put kids on the right track from the start.

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Perspective from white, middle class parent of a middle and high-school stdent. Honestly, it can be hard to be sanguine about this stuff when it seems all others are racing ahead.

My DC went to a DCUM "HRC" and enrolled in BASIS for 6th. Through grade school DC's teachers had always said math was an area of strength. Based on the BASIS placement test, DC was placed in pre-Algebra, which seemed fine until kid was crushed to learn that there are 30+ students who are at least one grade level ahead of DC in math. I met with the school and saw the test results and couldn't really argue for a more advanced placement.

I understand the need to run one's own race, but it's not fun when you realize lots of kids are significantly 'ahead' of yours at what still seems like a young age. Obviously it doesn't necessarily mean DC won't get into college of his/her choice but the competition and pressure is ever-present in DC and feeds the issues on this thread.

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Based on what I've heard about DCUM's HRCs, I would not be surprised to find that run-of-the-mill neighborhood DCPSs provide better math instruction.  [/quote]

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