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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like the empirical data of percent of kids who score 3 or higher on an AP test. For instance at Einstein, 49.5% of graduates are in this category. This is similar to other middle class schools like QO, Sherwood, and Rockville. It's actually more impressive because a larger percent of kids at Einstein come from less wealthy families. Sure there are kids who are failing, but literally half of the school is taking AP classes and doing well.

It's true that that percentage in the Bethesda schools is in the 70s, but how substantial of a difference is it if 50% or 70% of kids are taking advanced classes and doing well? Are we that afraid that the presence of some non-superstars will bring our kid down?[/quote]

49.5% of graduates scoring 3 or higher on an AP test doesn't tell you much. It doesn't tell you how many students take AP. It doesn't tell you how many AP each student takes. It doesn't tell you how well the students do on their APs. A highly dubious metric. [/quote]

Ok. There's where we differ. If you will only be comfortable sending your child to a school where literally everyone is at the top of the class (ha), then that is a priority for you. It sounds like a race to nowhere to me. [b]My husband and I both went to average high schools and graduated at the top of our classes and went on to do very well.[/b] There may be comfort in statistics that show literally everyone doing well at one school or another, but have faith in your kid. Bright kids with good attitudes do well everywhere if they have advanced classes and opportunities.[/quote]
You are again focusing on particular cases. Just because the students at the top of the class do very well, it doesn't mean that the school did a good job educating its student body. You care only about yourself, not about all the students attending your average high school.[/quote]

It's heartwarming to think of all of those altruistic parents at Churchill and Whitman, unselfishly sending their children to school with lots of kids with high test scores, out of pure and self-sacrificing concern for the education of all of the students attending the school.[/quote]

Bless you. I hope I know you in real life.[/quote]

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