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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing to special about Basis.  The school just happened to be populated by students who were proficient/advanced students from other schools.  Ask any parent who enrolled their student at Basis from Watkins, SH, LT, or any other school whether their child was proficient/advanced prior to Basis, and the answer is likely to be yes.  A true test of Basis is how well they move students from basic to proficient/advanced.  From what I hear, parents are asked to find another school if their child can't cut it.  What is left is essentially the cream of the crop.  Saying that Basis is extraordinary because test scores are high is like claiming Harvard is great because the have a lot of students who score high on the SAT/ACT.  To put it in local terms, look at the DC-CAS results for Banneker.  No doubt Banneker graduates the most academically prepared students from DCPS.  However, Banneker only accepts proficient and advanced students.  Despite the quality of education and caliber of rigor at Banneker, you be hard pressed to find white parents willing to consider Banneker as an option for their DC.[/quote]
Oh, for god's sake. The people at Basis wouldn't consider it if it didn't provide a unique service. Basis provides badly needed acceleration and challenge, no matter what it's detractors say, and it has proven itself. I'm sorry if it threatens your school, but Basis is here to stay, and is extraordinary because of its achievements, challenge, and help in educating kids who would be ignored in DCPS. [/quote]

PP here.  You prove my point. Parents with "advanced" students send their kids to Basis.  I'm not bashing the school. I'm only saying that you say that Basis test scores are the result of the accelerated program, which from what I understand teaching children several math and science courses.[/quote]

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