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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can a child enroll into Basis if they have failed grades at other schools?  [/quote]

Of course!  The law does not allow for selective admissions![/quote]

However, if he wants a spot in the 7th grade or higher, he will have to pass a placement exam.  There is no placement exam for 5th and 6th.

(I think the placement exam requirement is waived for the first year the school is in operation, so next year's 7th and 8th graders might not have to test in to those grades.) [/quote]
How do you pass a PLACEMENT EXAM? It is a placement exam, not an admission exam! All students will take the placement exam.[/quote]

Well, if you do not like where you are placed on the exam you may feel as if you have "flunked" the exam.[/quote]

I am sure the children don't get the exam results. You are really grasping for straws now![/quote]

I am actually not anti-BASIS at all, I am looking to see how it plays out and I support schools with high standards and sufficient challenge for academically advanced kids.

However, even if you do not see the scores, if it is a placement exam you are going to know where you are placed, no?  If you think you are ready for 7th grade but on the BASIS exam you place as ready for 6th do you really think the kid will not notice?

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