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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]...and Deal beats all Charters, not all other charters.[/quote]

Deal didn't score "a lot better" than Basis.  Deal came in only a few points higher on reading and was actually one point lower than Basis on math.  But consider also that Deal has a very different demographic - mostly Ward 3 high-SES white, and they manage to keep out a huge number of FARMS students.  Basis on the other hand has a much more diverse student body drawing from all across the city, with twice the percentage of FARMS students, to the point of qualifying as Title I.  Deal also has more resources and funding per student than Basis.  Yet Basis, as promised, still did quite well - I wouldn't at all be surprised if their scores surpass Deal's next year.  Also, unlike most DCPS schools, Basis does not spend anywhere near as much time working on DC-CAS test prep.  Their philosophy is to have a strong curriculum in the first place, rather than teaching to the test the way DCPS does.[/quote]

I don't have a child in either school, but I will look at both when the time comes for DCs, and we are fortunate to be IB for Deal. What matters to me is the number of students scoring Advanced. I would have expected BASIS to have more based on its philosophy, or Latin based on what parents say about it, but Deal does.

Latin Advanced Math 31% Reading 22%

BASIS Advanced Math 44%, Reading 23%

Deal Advanced Math 53% Reading 36%

So Deal is a very big school, but more than half of the students are scoring Advanced in math. I realize that DC CAS is not really a marker of what the advanced kids know (my second grader got 100% on the DC CAS math, and said it was all review, so I get that it is not a hard test for an advanced kid - and they do not do much, if any, prep before the test). But it does give a sense of the cohort. DC1 is in a grade that had even higher percentages of advanced-scoring students than Deal, and nearly all of that cohort will go on to Deal. It is a strong grade in the other feeder schools I've looked at as well, so when these kids all come together at Deal, they will be among a very strong group of learners. BASIS seems like a great school, but given the drawbacks (commute, sports), it would have be far superior to our neighborhood school for us to consider it. That's not bashing BASIS or Latin, they both certainly have aspects to recommend them and friends with kids at each speak highly of them, this is just one more factor in the balance like size, commute, activities, class choices, high school options, etc. If Deal were not an option, or if we feel the need for a smaller school, these would be very attractive options. [/quote]

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