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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ATS's test scores also reflect its drill-and-kill culture. (There was a magazine article a while back in which the principal talked about how she gets kids who aren't reading by the end of K to be happy about being held back. So if you're down with arbitrary, developmentally measures, ATS is the place for you. But it's not better for kids.)

I'd be curious about the long-term benefits of ATS on test scores, high school graduation, and employment.

I know I sound hostile to ATS, but I promise I'm not. I may roll my eyes, but I don't have steam coming out of my ears. I just think APS should be making neighborhood ESs its first priority, the immersion, then Montessori, and then, ONLY THEN, other choice programs. And for every high-intensity academic grind, there should be a laid-back, groovy, low-tech school, or you don't really have choice. [/quote]

I get your point but the groovy low tech schools are not in ARL. They all have the same test scores because they are all teaching the same (and to the SOL). Now we know how ATS inflates their scores. Coaches out the weak. Let's turn it back to the neighborhood and make that principal work in the real world. [/quote]

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