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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our neighbors left ATS because they said it was not a good school for their kid who had special needs.

Neighborhood schools ( not all, but many) do a better job with that. [/quote]

Right.  Because ATS is a choice school.

Because it's a self selecting group, that's about 75% of the success right there.  [/quote]

More than 75% I think. Probably 90%.  There are some things that can be replicated, but you aren’t going to be able to fix the main ingredient for ATS’s success in narrowing the achievement gap. [/quote]

If self-selection is the achievement gap fixer, why don't the other choice programs have the same effect? [/quote]

No one can answer this. Why isn't APS interested in the question? Campbell is theoretically the most different from ATS so maybe that attracts a different kind of parent. But that's probably less true for immersion and Montessori compared with ATS. And Montessori has good practices  that should reduce the achievement gap. [/quote]

There is some answer. Campbell attracts a lot of kods with ADHD, learning disorders, etc. That is going to have an impact on that scores (since I assume what we are basing ATS success on).

Immersion teachers 3 of the SOL teat subjects in a different language than the teat is given in..Immersion families and parents are very different and have very different education philosophies than ATS. at least at my Immersion schools no HW is very supported. There are other reasons I am sure but the population is just different. [/quote]

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