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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can send your kids to SH. But you have to accept that for some families, it's not an option because it's not good enough. This is simply a fact.[/quote]

It’s just not good enough. And it’s not good enough for all kids. 70% of kids should not be below grade level.

Algebra 1 in 7th grade is not really advanced as compared to most schools.  Geometry in 7th grade is advanced. Not moving goal posts just stating facts. [/quote]

It's just hard to have much of a discussion if you're not going to use terms consistently. Nobody is saying the school is doing well. But you seem to be drawing some sort of arbitrary line as to what constitutes "advanced" and I'm not sure what your rationale is.

I tried to actually figure this out by combining multiple CAPE spreadsheets but I just don't think it's doable. I can see how many kids took the Algebra I CAPE and how they did, but I can't tell how many 6th and 7th graders took 7th or 8th grade math CAPE. I will say that if the 56 kids who took Algebra I, 69.6% scored a 4 or a 5. If you count the 3s, 87.5%. So that's 39 kids total passing Algebra I with a 4 or a 5. I know some of them are 7th graders because I'm friends with their parents. Then there were 5 6th graders who got a 5 on a math CAPE, but we can't tell which test it was. So, 44 students is the minimum I am certain are above grade level in math, either by getting a 5 on something in 6th or getting a 4 or a 5 on Algebra 1. Now, there were 459 total math CAPE takers at Stuart-Hobson. So 44/459 is 9.6%. is this good enough? No. But it's far better than PP's lazy allegation.

Sorry for belaboring this, everyone else, I just think it's so important to understand and discuss this clearly and accurately. [/quote]

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