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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem OP is this board skews wealthy and white so they only talk about Ward 3 or Capitol Hill area, which is not zoned for the Ward 3 high school. They have a deep fear of minorities and judge everything solely on test scores. You don’t get a very good picture of DC schools here. [/quote]

Not even worth discussing other schools bc they’ll just get shouted down. This is the last place I’d go for advice[/quote]

Are there non-application DCPS high schools other than JR that have more than 20% of kids on grade level (based on test scores)?   Honest question. [/quote]

I don't know. But test scores don't equal good schools.

And the circle of nonsense begins anew[/quote]

What exactly does this mean?   Test scores reflect how academically prepared students are, and most parents with options don’t want their kids to be or to go to school with mostly kids who are multiple grade levels behind.

Please explain your thinking here. [/quote]

+1.  Test scores reflect baseline content knowledge.

Boosters at poorly performing schools where majority of kids are not even at grade level like to play the SES cards with test scores.  They sat it doesn’t matter because it only reflects SES status.

Nope, they show if the child has the basic knowledge for that grade level if you are talking PARCC in DC.  The reason why higher SES kids do well is because they are exposed to content knowledge and learning much more than low SES kids.  Their parents can support more outside of school if the kids are struggling to catch up on the knowledge gap.

The goals of poorly performing school should not be teach to the test (which many do) to get higher test scores but rather create a content rich curriculum.  That is not happening in DC. So kid’s behind are advance to the next grade and fall further behind the higher expectations for the next grade.  This is why you see such a huge drop in scores from elementary to middle school and further drop in high school.  [/quote]

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