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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am in the Woodson district and recently came across this when researching for my public-or-private decision:

http://www.americaachieves.org/docs/OECD/Middle-Class-Or-Middle-Of-Pack.pdf

This went a long way to convincing me I should be okay with public school:

[i]Remarkably, three non-selective high schools in Fairfax, Virginia are outperforming the averages of virtually every other country in the world and are right up there with Shanghai-China. While two of these high schools serve a more affluent student population, one of Fairfax’s world-class performers—Woodson High School—is much more solidly middle class and has a nearly identical socio-economic rating to Sample High School A. In reading, Woodson’s students outperform students in every country and region in the world except Shanghai-China.[/i]

I am assuming that the other two schools are McLean and Langley.[/quote]

McLean didn't participate in the OECD pilot program; most likely Langley and Oakton.

http://www.fcps.edu/pla/ost/_pisa/pisa_index.shtml

Woodson could only be considered "middle class" by FCPS standards.  During the relevant period, it served almost exclusively neighborhoods composed of detached, single-family housing.  It's going to become more diverse in a few years due to the boundary changes adopted to relieve the overcrowding at Fairfax HS.   [/quote]

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