Reply to NMSF for DC

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "NMSF for DC"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this one student a typical result for GDS?[/quote]

It’s down. Hard to know if it’s a blip but if you read the private school board there are rumors that GDS is moving in a less academic direction. [/quote]

Majority of GDS kids sit out PSAT. So there is that. My DC didn’t even take the test. Most of his friends didn’t.[/quote]

Curious why?[/quote]

Probably because it rarely leads to any significant scholarship dollars and colleges don't really care about the NMSF designation.  
It's really not emphasized at the private schools around here.  Many kids don't take it. 
[/quote]

Clearly many Sidwell, Potomac and STA kids take it…as well as all the Catholic school kids.

Your answer doesn’t really seem to make much sense.[/quote]

The anti-testing culture at GDS has gone farther than at any of the others. St. Albans still has some AP courses. Sidwell still offers the exams. GDS has no AP courses and, as of this year, they have stopped offering the exams. I’m sure the GDS people think it’s “private school culture,” but it’s really GDS culture. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics