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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Via Standardized test score results, absolutely Brent is doing much better than most schools in D.C. and is doing much better than my son's current school. Almost three times better.

On the zero bullying you are right. It is why my son has been in martial arts for a while. However, what I noticed was the general teacher's lack of response to the bullying. That was what I found worrying. [/quote]

To echo what the prior poster said, make sure to actually talk to folks to get a comparison before you change your kids school setting. Worst case scenario is you would have to change again. There have been a lot of posts on here about Brent families feeling like they need to use mathnasium or beast academy to supplement. I have also met people who have shared that same concern about other schools in the upper grades. Again, not saying that it is 100% accurate for all families but it is worth looking into depending on what you need. Standardized tests correlate to a lot of things, including the education level of the parents and how often they are able to supplement. The quality of instruction is part of it but by no means the only piece. There was another thread a week or so ago talking about how [b]some of the strongest instruction happens in schools that don't have the highest test scores, because those teachers are working twice as hard to help bring kids from behind up to grade level. So if a higher achieving kid ends up with one of those teachers they really excel.
I read that post (of course, I can't remember what thread it was on now) It really resonated because my kids are now in upper elementary an middle school, having gone through a title 1 school that may not have the best scores. However, the teacher experience and growth the kids show is huge, and our kids have really done well. [/b]
Anyway, just food for thought and my regular reminder not to judge schools by test scores alone because there's a lot going on behind the scenes both for high scoring schools, and less high scoring schools.[/quote]

We have had exactly the same experience at our Title 1. The range of abilities in the classes is enormous, the teachers are superstars, and my own kid scored in the 98th percentile in PARCC (and they let my kids and their cohort work well above grade level -- they small group them and give them appropriate material).

I remember being so worried when my oldest son was little and I thought I was taking a huge risk by staying, but it turned out to be a great decision.
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PPs - which schools?

This is often asked on DCUM as a challenge, like 'I don't believe you, name your school!' but I'm genuinely curious because I may want to check them out for our family. I think my kid's Title I, which also has experienced teachers and iffy test scores, would be similar - we may even be at the same place! - but  I like to know about other good Title I options that others who read this site tend to avoid. [/quote]

Not the PP, but my family has been at Payne since 2015, and has had the same positive experience as described above. I recognize the population at Payne is changing and the percent of at-risk students is less than it once was, but it does still qualify as Title 1. Because we have not done the lottery I don't often go onto the School Report Card page, so that is a good reminder for folks to look at/focus on growth. When people refer to "looking at growth scores", which of the two growth related data points are they referring to? I just pasted a sample from the Payne page. 
63% of students met their growth targets in ELA, or The median student grew at the  57  percentile in ELA.[/quote]

I'm the PP who you are responding to, and great to know! Thank you! This jibes with what I've heard about Payne from a couple of current families we are friendly with. We have been very happy with our out-of-boundary, but nearby Title I for early elementary. I'm optimistic about it for the later grades, and we plan to stay. But if things don't pan out like I'm hoping/expecting, Payne is probably my first choice of a backup, even though it's a bit of a hike for us from the center city area.

Did you do Eliot-Hine too? If so, what's been your experience? I've heard positive things about that school too. [/quote]

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