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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was more curious about this thread on Blair as part of the DCC but don't have kids going there.  With all of the questions about teaching comparison, I thought I would pull up some scores (from Schools at a Glance).  I pulled out one racial demographic and one socio-economic demographic:

Whitman - 
The white children all scored &gt;95% on the MSA, 87% algebra proficiency, 89% geometry proficiency and 93% took AP level classes
There were not enough FARMS children to publish scores for the MSA, 35% algebra proficiency, 38% geometry proficiency and 62% took AP

Blair
The white children all scored &gt;95% on the MSA exams, 91% algebra proficiency, 90% geometry proficiency and &gt;95% took AP level classes
The FARMS children scored around 90% on the MSA exams, 43% algebra proficiency, 50.2% geometry proficiency and 69% took AP

So with some background info being the same, it appears that the outcomes are similar and might be a little better at Blair.  I don't know how to factor in the magnet but I also can't factor in the skewed socio-economic differences either.

I will say that my child attends a school with a high FARMs rate and the teachers are fantastic.  They teach to all levels and are engaged so I don't think that a high FARMs school means bad teachers.  Sometimes the resources are stretched because there are kids who need additional help that they are not getting at home, but the school does a great job of meeting everyone's needs.

Getting back to the OP, I can agree that these things happen and are not great. I think whether the school takes them seriously and addressed the issue keeps the kids safe - that is the important thing.  I went to a well off school that had drugs, fights, etc.  However, those issues didn't bleed into the main student body and stayed on the periphery unless you got involved.[/quote]

Winston Churchill HS: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04602.pdf
Montgomery Blair HS: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04757.pdf
Blair had 43.3% of FARMS and students 54.6% of black complete Algebra with a "C" or Higher by Grade 9
Churchill had 65.6% of FARMS and 62.7% of black students complete Algebra with a "C" or Higher by Grade 9
So, if we are going to use the type of comparison that you advocate, Blair does not look good.  Blair does not do well by FARMS students or black students in the Algebra matrix.  Again, this is the type of comparison you have chosen.
Mind you, Blair includes magnet statistics in many of the numbers and magnet students tend to be the best form most of the county.
It seems, at best your analysis is incomplete and misleading.
You might also want to ask Blair for academic ineligibility and suspension numbers and compare them with their appropriate demographic at other schools.  
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