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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.

White students.

Hardy (35 students): 
Reading:
63% proficient
29% advanced
Math:
46% proficient
46% advanced

Latin (151 students):
Reading:
60% proficient
36% advanced
Math:
36% proficient
54% advanced

Basis (154 students):
Reading:
60% proficient
34% advanced
Math:
29% proficient
68% advanced

This is about what I would expect. The only statistically significant difference between Latin, Hardy and Basis is likely the percentage of advanced performers at Basis versus Hardy. [b]Basis' Math scores are unsurprising given that those are precisely the students who self-select into Basis.[/b] Regardless, that's a nice performance. 
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I don't think that you have much evidence to support that claim, OP.  In fact, I suspect that BASIS and Latin have very similar applicant pools.  Latin is an extremely popular school, and many of the kids who get into BASIS undoubtedly ranked Latin higher but drew a bad number in the lottery.

Wouldn't be reasonable to attribute the differences in proficient (97% v. 90%) and advanced (68% v. 54%) scores between BASIS and Latin to the caliber of the math instruction at BASIS?
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