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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]No Textbooks.
No Tests.
No Real Grades.

That makes Cap City.
I know a kid who went to Cap City for 8 years, he is always done with his homework, and never has to study. He really doesn't get grade (he's in 10th grade), has never taken a serious test (at the school), and doesn't have  a single textbook. As with any non-regulated school, the teachers are hit and miss, some are actually good while others should find a new profession. Do you want your kid to succeed in college and beyond, don't go here, you want your child to be babied, go here.

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I know a kid who went to Cap City for 7 years. He is my son. It is true that he had no textbooks. While he was not graded on a traditional scale, he was graded. He was repeatedly evaluated -- it just wasn't called testing -- and subject to DC CAS and other tests. As a previous poster did a great job of explaining, Capital City cannot viewed the same as a traditional school. The bottom line for me as a parent is not whether the school uses the same teaching methods as other schools, but whether the students learn as much or more than students at traditional schools. Based on standardized testing (a measure I would not normally trust and you are free not to) and his performance alongside children from top DCPS elementary schools in his current school, I can affirmatively say that he was prepared quite well.

I am not sure that you are in a position to judge whether or not the school prepares students to succeed in college because I believe you are fixated on methods rather than outcomes. You have not actually demonstrated any knowledge of outcomes.

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