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Interesting. Can you post the link or direct us to the source of test scores disaggregated by ethnicity and/or income that demonstrate that upper-middle income Barrett kids score equivalently to their peers at other North Arlington schools. Curious given the long-standing research that everyone (including middle income+kids) generally score lower in majority low-income schools. [/quote]

I'm not the PPP, but roughly half of Barrett students come from affluent backgrounds which I believe is more than sufficient for a comfortable learning environment for all students. But that is my opinion.

Here is a quick comparison of the SOL test results between Barrett and one of N Arlington's most affluent neighborhood schools, Taylor:

According to the Barrett's "report card" on the VA DOE website, between 98-100% of white students passed the SOLs in the various categories (i.e. Math, Science, etc). For grade 3 roughly 80% of white students tested at the advanced level on all subjects, on average.

At Taylor Elementary, a school that serves some of the most affluent neighborhoods in N Arlington, between 95-97% of white students passed the SOLs in the various categories. For grade 3 roughly 65% of white students tested at the advanced level on all subjects.

Both schools scored well above the state average for white students in all the categories I reviewed (I may have missed a few, there is a lot of data on those report card pdfs).

Barrett not making AYP has nothing to do with the scores of its white student population, which has more students scoring at the advanced level than at Taylor. (I looked at the 2010-11 scores.)[/quote]

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