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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So to dig more into this theory that option programs keep UMC kids in Wakefield, I decided to look at the transfer numbers a bit more closely. On their face, it seems like the argument may have merit. Comparing Wakefield to its feeder elementary schools, Wakefield has a transfer rate of 22%, while its Title I feeder schools have significantly higher transfer rates:

Abingdon - 41%
Barcroft - 47%
Drew - 41%
Hoffman Boston - 28%
Randolph - 32%
Weighted average - 39%

The weighted average transfer rate of all elementary schools feeding mostly/entirely into Wakefield, which also include Henry (17%) and Oakrigde (23%) is 33%.

But something interesting happens if you dig into where people are transferring to. A lot of the transfers from those Title I elementary schools are to *other* Title I schools, suggestings these transfers are not to avoid poverty/Title I status, but rather are for other reasons suggest as programmatic differences and logistics. If you back out the transfers between Title I schools and look only at the transfers between Title I and non-Title I schools, here are the revised transfer rates for those schools:

Abingdon - 32%
Barcroft - 29%
Drew - 19%
Hoffman Boston - 17%
Randolph - 19%
Weighted average - 25%

This change also brings down the weighted average for all of the elementary schools feeding mostly/entirely into Wakefield to 23%, only a point off from the Wakefield transfer rate. This difference in the transfer rates tends to undermine the idea that the ability to transfer out of a Title I elementary school keeps UMC kids in the area to eventually attend Wakefield in significant numbers (sure, I'm sure there are some for which this holds true, but it doesn't appear to be a substantial effect). It is, however, consistent with the theory that UMC families who transfer out of their Title I elementary schools to non-Title I schools tend to continue to transfer out of their Title I-equivalent high school.[/quote]

I think the perspective shifts a bit when you consider how many of those Title I to Title I transfers have been to Montessori which has been located in a Title I school; but which is not likely to be Title I as an independent choice program.[/quote]

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