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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And PARCC is a lot more rigorous than DC CAS.

In 2014, overall DC CAS showed 54% math proficiency and 50% reading proficiency for the city.

PARCC overall for the 17-18 year was 29% math proficiency and 33% ELA proficiency. In other words, using PARCC as the criteria establishes a much smaller pool of kids eligible for admission to the selective schools.

I'd be interested to see if DC's other selective high schools are maintaining the "4 or 5 on PARCC" admission requirement.[/quote]

Banneker and McKinley have had that requirement for at least 2 years. I know at least two kids who got 4 on one and a high 3 on the other and was not allowed to apply for McKinley.

One issue is that, of course, the PARCC that counts is 7th grade, when high school seems a long way off (at least to students, maybe not parents). We also know that lots of kids blow off PARCC, with the encouragement of their parents. I think that more needs to be done to make kids aware that the test needs to be taken seriously -- particularly in the 7th grade year (and probably 6th to get the message across).[/quote]

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