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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which is "the best" based on last year's test scores?[/quote]

Apparently when you control and compare apples to apples, Janney has the worst scores WOTP. From another thread:
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I just did scroll through the race breakdown for many of those schools. You are right. Much different numbers, and splitting hairs -- at least for white students.

agreed - scores for the white kids scoring 4 or 5 on PARCC at these schools are fairly close - splitting hairs etc. However Hearst is on top for ELA and is No. 2 for Math behind Hyde. just sayin'

First % is for ELA and then Math

white kids at Hearst were at 85% and 89% respectively

white kids at Janney were at 71% and 80% respectively.

white kids at Mann were at 83% and 84% respectively

white kids at Murch were at 76% and 82% respectively

white kids at Lafayette were at 72% and 87% respectively

white kids at Key were at 81% and 84%

white kids at Eaton were at 77% and 80%

white kids at Hyde were at 80% and 91%

white kids at Ross - no data b/c too few white kids

white kids at Shepherd no data b/c too few white kids

white kids at Stoddert were at 76% and 84% [/quote]

The thing is this doesn't mean that Janney serves white kids the worst. It means a) they don't spend a lot of time teaching to the test, and b) parents aren't pushing their kids to do well on standardized tests. Both of these are positives in my book.

I'm not one of the those who believe that Janney is the best elementary, I'm sure others are just as good and each school has its unique qualities that meets different families' needs. But I really wouldn't base my decision on these differences in test scores.[/quote]

So the schools that score 5 points better mean they and parents are teaching to the test? That's ridiculous. There is not need to spin it, thisbis not the presidential campaign. I like how you say you're sure there are others that are just as good. How about there could be others that are better? Other schools also score well (better), they also fed to Deal, they aren't nearly as crowded. [/quote]

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