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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here we go round and round and round.

poor test scores = failing schools
failing schools = bad teachers, or poverty, or whatever

Isn't it time to start evaluating schools based on the quality of educational benefits that are offered rather than student test scores?[/quote]

Not sure what your point is. You can evaluate the schools however you like. Educational outcomes will be poor as long as there's severely concentrated poverty in DCPS. The "quality of educational benefits" is orthogonal to the question of school quality in DC.  At least until we manage to get the DCPS poverty rate down to something like 20%.  That's going to happen as gentrification continues apace; then we can talk about optimizing the system.[/quote]

That's the point.  Is education about outcomes that can be measured?  Or is it about opportunity?

You seem to equate "quality" with "higher test scores"
You have correctly concluded that these outcomes are determined by poverty.  
And then you posit that gentrification, in itself, will raise test scores.
But does this address the quality of educational benefits offered?  I don't think so.

Why not let schools concentrate on quality education and let city bureaucracies deal with poverty.[/quote]

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