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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not convinced that the DCCAS scores tell the entire story and is the "smoking gun" that proves social promotion.  My DD has consistently missed advanced by 1 or 2 points in both the reading and math portions.  It's possible that some of the students that are Below Basic or whatever the terminology  used are missing the next level by 1 or 2 points also.  It doesn't mean they are illiterate.  Geez... I'm not suggesting that all the students that score poorly are in this category, but it's possible for a few.  There is also the case of the poor test takers.  I'm not trying to make excuses for the less than great DCCAS scores for Latin.  The poor scores bother me too, but I believe my DD is getting a good well-rounded education.  The DCCAS scores don't tell the entire story.[/quote]

OK, so if the CAS is so tough, how could my kid, who is lazy, score 100%?  He hasn't touched a flash card in his young life and isn't particularly enamored of reading (he'd rather play sports).  Test results don't tell the entire story of course, but if this particular kid can get a perfect score (his younger sister, who hasn't taken the CAS yet, seems far more academic) and one-quarter of Latin kids still fail, I'm not impressed. Not remotely.  What I am is envious of friends in NYC with kids the same age, kid heading to test-in middle schools.

But based on PP's data, it doesn't appear that 1/4 fail (and is that below basic that you equate to fail)?

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