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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are also open, by the way, about th fact that around 10 percent of the kids do not pass their comps at the end of the year and actually cannot return (without repeating the grade). The admin said that most of these kids do not return, so Definitely lots of the attrition is coming from that. It's the only public school in DC that doesn't do social promotion, and their curriculum is very accelerated on top of that.[/quote]

I wish people in this thread would stop characterizing BASIS middle school as being “very accelerated.”  It’s not. The math is completely normal for middle school. The science, while split into three classes (that only meet a couple times a week) is the same core science that is taught in middle school.[/quote]

That is simply not true. They take Algebra 1/geometry in 7th, and Algebra 2/Geometry in 8th, and then take precalc in 9th. There are kids doing that in DC, but they have tested out of the highest level at their DCOS and it is an exception. To expect that of everyone at the school is highly unusual.[/quote]

Do you truly believe that kids aren't taking Algebra and geometry in 7th and 8th grade at normal high schools?  You are under the impression that this is so amazingly advanced because you are comparing it to failing schools.  We have been pretty disappointed with how much math is actually being taught in middle school at BASIS.  The same is true for middle school science.  They're slapping the label "chemistry" or "physics" on the class, but the kids are learning basic material that all children learn in 5-8th grade science class, just split into separate classes that only meet a few times a week. [/quote]

Yes, I've been keeping track of which middle schools we were considering that teach algebra 1 by 8th grade (SWWFS and ITDS) and which teach algebra 1 and Geometry by 8th grade (Hardy, Deal, SH, Latin). BASIS is the only one that also gets the students through Algebra 2 (not as an exception but as the standard path).

If you are saying that BASIS is not actually executing on that, I would be interested in hearing more.[/quote]

No offense but SWWFS and ITDS are exactly the kind of failing schools I’m talking about …[/quote]

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