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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, Banneker's average SAT scores are slightly above the national average, in the low 500s.  Banneker admins and parents routinely claim that the SAT is racist on these boards, favoring affluent white kids who can afford expensive test prep.  Actually, kids can do all the free test prep they want on Khan Academy on-line (Khan has a contract with Educational Testing Services to provide free test prep for the new SAT, which was rolled out last year). Kids scoring in the low 500s just can't be reading much for pleasure, or doing well in algebra and geometry. [/quote]

But still when comparing, you ought to compare Banneker's averages to nationwide AA averages or nationwide poverty averages and you will see Banneker scores quite higher than true peer comparisons. With so many smart Ivy grads in this board, I'm always surprised when people blindly assess Banneker against a non peer group. Isn't that the first thing they teach you when studying averages? [/quote]

I think that every single person commenting on this thread would be incredibly disappointed if his/her child scored in the low 500s on the SAT.  I know I would be.  I also know that none of my peers in "advanced" classes in high school had such low scores.[/quote]

Were your peers all black and majority in poverty? Imagine what a 40% white non poverty Banneker would look like.[/quote]

Walls?[/quote]

Right. And Banneker could look just like Walls in terms of SATs if they had the same profile, then people wouldn't have to stress out about Walls interviews as there could be two great schools to try for.[/quote]

Banneker had better PARCC scores than Walls!  So in that respect, it would result in a worse profile.  [/quote]

Banneker is an excellent school.  As for HS PARCC scores, the experience at Wilson was a bit cautionary.  Students largely prioritized other college preparatory work like AP exams above PARCC and the scores reflected it.  Many advanced students blew off PARCC entirely.  That's not a knock on Banneker (or Walls which also had high PARCC) but it could be a question of how much the school prioritized PARCC as a point of emphasis.[/quote]

Banneker and Walls students did what they were asked to for PARCC (eg take the test), and they also took AP and IB exams. The only ones who blew them off are a portion of Wilson students.

Perhaps Banneker and Walls kids did more prep for AP all year long (as they were supposed to) and weren't so concerned with a couple in-class review sessions.

The WIlson kids could have asked for after school or Saturday make up prep sessions where there were conflicts. Instead they caused all sorts of drama.

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