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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you suggesting that there is serious moral hazard to recognizing progress? My child is at one of the recognized schools. The principal could point to gains the school has achieved over the past five years and easily get a job in a suburban school district with much higher academic performance. Same thing for many of the teachers. I don’t know that recognizing their hard work absolves the central office of anything or that it sends a signal that they have reached peak performance.

It’s also grating that any time schools with a sizeable at-risk population are recognized, their work is immediately diminished because “they must be teaching to the test” or “but what about middle school.”

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Exactly! What it takes to move students to grade level is so much more work than keeping students who don't have a fraction of the factors that make them "at-risk" at grade level. It's infuriating that people dismiss this progress AS IF they have a clue what it takes to make even these small gains.

No way is DCPS's work or DC's public school work in closing the achievement gap done just because of this progress.  But it's ESSENTIAL to note this progress and build on it or we never get there.  And the teachers, principals, school staff and involved parents who were crucial to these improvements should be recognized for sure, because I've worked in DCPS schools and it is not for the faint of heart or those who already have decided the kids will fail.[/quote]

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