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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My multiple kids are at a dci feeder and dci. We are happy with dci. The only kids who chose Latin over dci were the kids who were already struggling with the admittedly weak academics at our feeder. The kids who still didn’t speak spanish after 8 years of immersion clearly were going to continue to struggle at dci. Latin is just a better fit for kids who aren’t super academically focused, not terribly motivated, and [b]aren’t the kid of kids who will do well in IB math[/b]. Some kids need small class sizes and don’t need the added challenge of multiple languages. [/quote]

Latin actually has much better middle school math CAPE scores than DCI.

Overall meeting or exceeding in MS:
Latin - 56% (220/391)
DCI - 33% (250/754)

Algebra I meeting or exceeding in MS:
Latin - 49% (32/66)
DCI - less than 10

Geometry meeting or exceeding in MS:
Latin - 90% (35/39)
DCI - 31% (18/58)

I think DCI and Latin are both perfectly fine schools. I only pulled these numbers so that it's clear to others that you have no idea what you're talking about.[/quote]

You can’t extrapolate the data above to say that the weaker kids from feeders are not going to Latin.

You actually need to know the kids and where they stand academically.

The data above skews majority non feeder, non immersion kids.

Latin also has significantly less at risk kids.  Plus DCI offers more advance math tracks at middle school and I would want to know what percentage of kids of any are not even taking CAPE.  Lastly IB math is different in that some of the topics are combined and not as delineated as traditional track 
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DCI is 19% at risk. Latin is 11%.

Both schools offer advanced math. As you can see from the MS scores above, Latin has a fair number of students taking both Algebra I and Geometry. In fact, from the CAPE testing it appears that more Latin students than DCI students are taking advanced math in middle school, even though DCI has nearly double the student population.

Almost all students are taking math CAPE at the middle school level. Latin MS had 393 enrolled, of which 391 took CAPE. DCI MS had 777 enrolled, of which 754 took CAPE.

Again, you have no idea what you're talking about.[/quote]

Latin has one advanced math track, dci has several. You cannot compare the math offered at Deal and DCI to Latin. Latin has other positives, relax. [/quote]

And yet, it is objectively the case that Latin’s MS kids do *much* better in Geometry than DCI’s. Their non-at risk kids do better too.

I’m not dumping on DCI. It’s a good school that’s a natural destination of immersion families. But most Capitol Hill kids don’t go to immersion schools because their neighborhood ESes are good and the immersion schools are far away. The calculation in, e.g., Brentwood is far different. But in Brent or Maury or LT’s IB, it’s not like the kids who attend the IB are the weak ones academically; in general, they’re outperforming immersion schools overall and controlling for demographics. Those kids don’t then choose between DCI and Latin; 95% of them never even consider DCI. Not because they’re dumb or can’t hack immersion, but because they’ve never done immersion and are looking to guarantee an MS in 5th grade. It may be that the kids who leave YY are the least good at languages — I would totally believe that — but that’s not the average profile of a Latin student and certainly not of the kids coming from the Hill.[/quote]

Some people choose immersion because of their heritsge, since we aren’t all white.

Also please cite your source re Latin kids doing better in geometry. Every Latin parent I know is grateful for the weak math curriculum. I honestly don’t care enough to waste time looking things up but those scores look rough last time I checked. [/quote]

The stats are literally in this thread. Go back a couple of pages.[/quote]

You people are hopeless. 
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You are too lazy to scroll back a few pages but we are “hopeless”?

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Yes, you are hopelessly caught up in the need to deride others so you feel better. Hence calling me lazy. Feel better?[/quote]

DP.  You don’t know what hopeless means.[/quote]

Clever.

Incapable of redemption or improvement.

Example: The DCI and Latin boosters are incapable of resisting the urge to tear down others to make their school look better.

:lol: [/quote]

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