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[quote=Anonymous]Opportunities for advanced kids are far and away superior in MoCo at the MS and HS levels because DC won't do much ability grouping for political reasons (politicians fearing that most upper level kids will not be AA). At the MoCO test-in MS magnets, nearly all the kids test advanced on standardizes tests, vs. only 75%-80% at the best DC middle school programs (Washington Latin and Deal). What happens in DC, is that no matter how advanced your kid is, they get tossed into MS classes with a good many kids lacking basic skills. They're only allowed to get into same-ability classes for most subjects in 9th grade, which is a bit too late. Hence, MoCo gets more kids into every Ivy League School from a single top high school program, like the Blair math magnet, than the entire DC public school system. [/quote]
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