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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Realistically, an admissions test would never happen in DC, as we all know.  But I do think that it would be smart for the Charter Board to allow Basis to administer one.  They could select the kids most likely to succeed using their academic model, and focus on retaining those kids throughout middle (and perhaps high) school.  Instead they take a huge 5th grade class, knowing that they will need to weed out many of them to arrive at a cohort that will succeed at their school.  This takes a toll on everyone-- the kids that don't make it, their peers/friends who do, and the kids who could have succeeded there, but struck out in the lottery and weren't offered spots in the first place. It stinks.[/quote]

Why can't an admissions test happen in DC?  We already have selective HS admissions at four or five programs, just not for MS. I'd wager that we will have selective MS admissions somewhere in the system 5 or 10 years hence.  If the political will existed for BASIS to move toward selective admissions it could happen with a new LEA and perhaps DCPS sponsorship.[/quote]

DC charters can’t have selective admissions, it’s prohibited by federal law.

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This is a common misconception.  LEA arrangements are more flexible than the DCPCS Board wants parents to think.  States often run charters with selective admissions, particularly for language immersion programs.  The Dept. of Ed doesn't give a hoot.[/quote]

(b) Criteria for admission. -- A public charter school may not limit enrollment on the basis of a student's race, color, religion, national origin, language spoken, intellectual or athletic ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or status as a student with special needs. A public charter school may limit enrollment to specific grade levels.[/quote]

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