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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure DCI has a "more high performing cohort."  I Didn't think DCI college acceptances were that great and their IB scores are mediocre.  [/quote]

I’ve been following DCI.

Forget about Cooper. Let’s look at 2nd St.  Yes, DCI has almost twice as many kids at/above grade level then 2nd St. in math and a little under that in ELA. That is a huge difference.  I’m basing this on PARCC scores of 4 and above.

Latin high school - 382 kids 
ELA 70% = 267 kids 
Math 20% = 76 kids

Latin middle school - 384 kids
ELA 68% - 261 kids 
math 53% - 203 kids

DCI 6-12th, no breakdown like latin with middle/high - 1600 kids
ELA 50% = 800 kids
Math 32% = 512 kids

TOTAL
Latin ELA - 538 kids, math 279  kids
DCI ELA - 800 kids, math 512 kids

Not only does DCI in raw numbers have a more high performing cohort of kids then Latin, but the kids at DCI are learning advance languages where Latin is basic 101.  In addition, some of these kids are getting significantly less ELA instruction due to languages and still 1/2 of them are doing fine in ELA.

If you want to compare college acceptances then you need to look at both schools so I can’t comment on that.  But DCI is getting kids into Ivy’s and the number for total scholarships in terms of money awarded to the class the other year was really high.

Lastly, what do you mean by mediocre and in what context?    For a school that is not private and does not self select, their IB scores are impressive.  They are in the middle and close to WIS which is 55k a year in this town.

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Does anyone know why there is such a huge decrease in math proficiency at Latin from the middle school to the high school?  53% down to 20%?

I’m guessing 1 of 2 scenarios.   Either lots of high performing kids don’t continue on to high school or math instruction is weak at the school as you go up the grades.[/quote]

I think it's because the PARCC only tests Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry. The best math students get beyond those courses and are no longer part of the PARCC data set.[/quote]

FWIW it is the goal of Latin (at least at 2nd st) to get every high school student at least through Calculus.  In order to make this happen there are a lot of summer school options (including various advanced tracks and additional help).  The school is also an approved work site for the city summer youth employment program so that kids who choose to do summer school can get paid for a combination of school work and volunteer work.  The summer school program at Latin is really well run and a lot of students take advantage of it, but it gives kids several paths to be finished with some/most/all of the PARCC math subjects before entering high school.[/quote]

Ok but Calculus should be the floor not the ceiling.  What are the advance math options at Latin beyond that?[/quote]

As a college professor, it’s already bad enough reteaching your kids half taught and half learned calculus, I can’t even imagine trying to reteach LA or whatever they turn Rudin into for high school kids. [/quote]

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