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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are so many inaccurate statements in this thread.  My kids attend a BASIS school in Arizona.  Placement tests are only used for kids trying to enter the school in 6th grade or later.  My kid entering in 5th did not need a placement test.  My kid entering in 7th did need one, but the bar wasn't that high for placement in the appropriate grade.  The only real difference between AZ Basis schools and the DC one in this respect is that DC won't allow kids to enter after 5th, whereas AZ allows kids to do so, but only after demonstrating that they're not being set up for failure.

The Basis school my kids attend is not in a UMC part of town.  There are some FARMS kids (PTA takes care of their meals) and a pretty broad spectrum of SES levels.

Very few kids repeat a grade.  If a kid is struggling, each teacher offers student resource hours at least a couple times per week before or after school.  So, the kid can get free tutoring there.  If they still fail the course, they are given a summer packet and can attempt to retake the final.  Kids are given many chances to remediate and pass.  For the most part, the kids who fail are the ones who don't want to be at Basis, but have parents who are forcing them to attend.

The school definitely has special needs accommodations.  They're not refusing to honor extra time accommodations or many other standard accommodations.  They are, however, a rigorous school offering an accelerated program.  They're not going to make an entirely separate curriculum for the kids who want or need a non-accelerated program.  They also cannot kick kids out for bad behavior.  They only can refuse to promote kids to the next grade level if the kid fails some classes.  [/quote]

Good post.  I've heard the same story from my sibling who sends her two boys, how in HS, to a BASIS AZ campus  The boys started at BASIS in the 7th and 8th grades.  We left BASIS before HS mainly because of high teacher turnover, weak facilities and the lack of a music program.  The AZ BASIS school my nephews attend has a nice campus and a competitive music program/orchestra.[/quote]

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