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For any school - what do you suppose accounts for score levels?  Check out various DCPS schools and you'll see it's SES status of the families.  THis is not listed in OSSE, but you can figure it out pretty well by checking the location of the school and its racial/ethnic makeup -- not just in DC but in any public school district in the US.[/quote]

This is the other big lie. If this were true, why even have teachers? Why do people shell out big bucks for private school and test prep if the outcomes are determined in advance?

Is SES important? Sure. Is it the only factor? Absolutely not. Are there such things as good schools, bad schools and in-between schools? You bet.

I'd be the last one to say that test scores are the best measurement of a quality of a school, but to say that school quality doesn't exist does a disservice to the good teachers and well-run schools that are out there.[/quote]

there are several big lies in this last post, e.g. "outcomes are determined in advance,"  "SES is the only factor" "School quality "doesn't exist."

None of that was said above.    I believe this is called a straw-man argument.

SES doesn't determine anything in advance - it shapes it along the way -- with all the advantages that educated, well-off parents can provide to their kids.[/quote]

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