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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some actual data:

Piney Branch
% proficient in 4th grade math and ELA, MCAP
Black - 32.3%
Hispanic - 19.4%
White - 76.6%
FARMS - 26%

For North Chevy Chase (also 4th grade MCAP)
Black - 25%
Hispanic - 10%
White - 61.5%
FARMS - 9.1%

Same data for Flora Singer - again percent proficient in math and ELA per 22-23 MCAP

Black - 22.2%
Hispanic - 23.5%
White - 78%
fARMS - 17.4%

If the racial achievement gap indicated at the three schools is “doing well” relative to MCPS then this is shameful.[/quote]

OP here. These numbers aren't great, but they are [i]far[/i] from the worst I've seen*... and would keep Piney Branch on my list for further research while eliminating the other two. Here's my reasoning: the gap is worse at Piney Branch than at NCC, but the actual performance of Black students at Piney Branch is higher AND the FARMs % is far higher at Piney Branch than at NCC, which partially (but not fully) accounts for the performance gap. Basically, it looks like Piney Branch does a better job teaching the Black students that they serve than NCC does.

*There is a charter school in my current DC neighborhood that several white parents told me I should really consider because the school is so great and their kids learn so much. When I took a look at the school's data, I found that [b]>80%[/b] of the white students there score on grade level in math while [b]<10%[/b] of the Black students at the same school do. 
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