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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ellington did reasonable on PARCC - 88% 3+ on ELA, 83% 3+ on Math. Your kids won’t be surrounded by morons by any means.[/quote]

Getting a 3 = morons.

What about 4+? That's more relevant to OP's DS.[/quote]

I would say more like a 5.  4 is grade level, average.  5 is above average to advanced.  [/quote]

Ok then. Then you probably need to leave DC because everyone sucks in your opinion.

City-wide:

4027 students took the 10th grade ELA exam. 11% scored 5 (442 students)
3821 students took the Geometry test (not all were 10th graders when they sat for it, but that's the highest level tested) - 2.5% scored 5
194 students took Integrated Math 2 and 8.2% scored 5 [/quote]

Many parents like myself, realize how poorly DC students do overall.  Sure poverty plays a role but above numbers speaks very poorly of the kids academic performance in DC.  I think a big reason is because there is no tracking and the higher performing kids are not challenged enough to their fullest potential

Also, since DCPS schools are not very good as compared to those of our neighbors, many parents give up on DCPS and move to the burbs or go private.[/quote]

Generational poverty plays the biggest role. One's mother's SES is the biggest factor in determining one's academic and economic outcomes.

And all high school students know that PARCC is irrelevant to their own lives. More than a few who could do well blow it off. My son got a 3 in Math and ELA during high school (Wilson). Same kid got 5s in MS. He also scored 5 on 7 AP exams, 35 on the ACT and 1560 on the SAT.

PARCC is not a great measure of school quality, especially at a school like Ellington where students are selected on the basis of talent and drive and not on academic achievement.[/quote]

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