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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about an analysis of middle school 5s like Hardy 6th has 2x ELA 5s as Basis?  Sure some kids read lots at home for fun….[/quote]

This is interesting. Our kid just finished a year at BASIS and got his first CAPE scores -- both 4s. But previously at his (pretty mediocre) DCPS school he got 5s and 98th percentile scores. Scores and percentiles on CAPE both dropped after a year at BASIS!

He does extremely well on all the BASIS exams and other standardized tests. So I wonder if BASIS is truly not teaching to CAPE in any way. [/quote]

BASIS ignores CAPE. Other than taking time away from class to administer it, totally irrelevant.[/quote]

BASIS’ whole model is that extensive test and drill is actually teaching kids, not just teaching them to pass BASIS-specific tests. [b]If a kid was getting 5s previously and now isn’t, I would definitely be worried (though I would wait a year to worry too much).[/b] The “strategy” of CAPE doesn’t change from year to year, so even if I accept that BASIS doesn’t teach to the test, they shouldn’t need to for kids who have already learned that part. It may be that BASIS’ style of teaching isn’t actually a good match for your kid even if they are performing well of BASIS style exams (very memorization based especially in 6th with little explanation/ extrapolation needed).[/quote]

Yeah, it is notable. BASIS started using MAP this year, so that might be a good additional assessment.

They absolutely do not prep the kids for CAPE in any way, and they kind of rush through it (kids take the 30-question Math test in one day, rather than 10 questions per day over 3 days, which was the case at their DCPS). CAPE doesn't matter to BASIS teachers, but their "comp" scores matter a LOT for their evaluations, so they don't take any time away from the curriculum to teach the kids about CAPE.

We are quite happy there and there is no doubt in my mind that my kid has gotten smarter through the process of learning at BASIS, so CAPE scores wouldn't cause us to leave or anything.

But I wanted to share, bc it might shed light on why there are fewer 5s at BASIS than one might think.

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