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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Test scores are a proxy for how good my kid's school is.

Grades are an indication of how hard my kid is trying. [/quote]

Don’t be fooled.  It doesn’t at all.  It shows how much the parents are teaching their kid at home.  [/quote]

Seems unlikely. I don't know how many parents have the time and energy and expertise to teach their kids much. I do know that DC schools, in general, have low standards and so standardized tests are a good way to know where you are compared to schools elsewhere. [/quote]

You don’t need expertise to teach elementary material.  Much of which can be taught through reading books together, museums, conversations, experiences.  The kids that score high nearly all have college educated parents that value education and are not low income.  It is because of what is happening at home, that they score high, not what is happening at school.  When you look at a mediocre school, it’s very easy to see the pattern of who is scoring high and who isn’t.  The kids that are scoring high would likely score high at any school. [/quote]

Ok, but I'm not trying to compare my kid to children in difficult circumstances. I want to know how they compare the other kids in general. And I disagree on teaching elementary school. Teachers have skills that parents don't, at least the good ones do. They also know what's appropriate for an age, how to present the material and the order in which to tackle subjects. Math builds on itself, for example, and if there are holes in a child's education, it will be an ongoing problem. It's also not uncommon for my kid to learn stuff I don't remember or never learned. [/quote]

That’s the point.  Good schools look good because of family demographics- not because of amazing teaching happening. Teachers aren’t directly teaching like you think they are.  You can absolutely do a more thorough job yourself at home-for any subject. I’m not saying you need to homeschool, but spend 20-30 min most days on math and she will benefit greatly.  Transfer that to any subject she may need help or acceleration in: reading, writing, grammar. [/quote]

Yeah, completely and totally disagree, based on first hand experience. [/quote]

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