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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I asked my BASIS kid about CAPE and they said that, since it doesn’t count, no one cares and tries.[/b]

That said, there is no question that BASIS kids do really well on the test.  In fact, they have the top scores of any middle school in DC.

Here are the results for 8th grade for the latest CAPE testing.  This is after kids have been at schools such as BASIS, Deal, and Hardy for several years.

[u]ELA[/u]

BASIS 84.4
Deal 81
Latin 2nd 72.4
Oyster 69.9
Latin Cooper 66
Hardy 65.9
S-H 63
DCI 58.1

[u]Math[/u]

BASIS 78.5
Deal 64
Latin 2nd 63.3
Oyster 63
Hardy 50
Latin Cooper 41.5
DCI 41
S-H 31.3[/quote]

[b]I do not believe this for a second given the types of kids and families at BASIS[/b].

Also, you must be new here. The 8th grade math results are the least meaningful. BASIS has 8th graders take 8th grade math even though they're on to more advanced math; other schools don't, so 8th grade CAPE math takers tend to be the 8th graders who are worst at math. Do these numbers exclude the advance math takers? Because, if so, they'd be even less meaningful. Basically it would be every 8th grader at BASIS vs all the kids who were specifically worst at math at the other schools.[/quote]

I'm a BASIS mom and my kids and I are probably everything you would imagine, and I can confirm that BASIS the institution does not care about CAPE. The teachers are not evaluated based on how well their students do so no one cares. The one thing they note is who is below grade, and they reach out to those students and parents.

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I was actually referring to the part about no one caring & the kids therefore not trying. Given the families in question, I find this exceptionally unlikely. For context, I am not a BASIS parent, but would totally fit the profile. If my kids ever blew off a test like this, I’d be super annoyed. But also, they wouldn’t, because they’ve been taught to try their best on everything and that tests matter/provide helpful info as a general rule.[/quote]

This x 100.  Motivated kids who do well don’t blow off tests.  [/quote]

No one is "blowing off" the test. These are all conscientious kids with Type A parents. But the school is not altering their curriculum to optimize for CAPE, which is why so many kids get 4s instead of 5s.

By contrast, the school offers tutoring, optional workbooks, time with teachers outside of class, quizzes on online platforms for all the history, science and math tests they take throughout the year.

Many of us came from DCPS elementary schools, so we know what it looks like when a school is really optimizing for CAPE.[/quote]

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