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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll spell it out: the 'punkass' ones will stay behind.  That's the assumption.

Okay back to Basis: if the same kids who are 'punkass' also can't pass the comps at the end of the year, then the school will be all the better next year.  Both Latin and Basis operate on a kind of self-selection model, but Basis adds the screening factor of the comps.  The kids who really don't want to be at Basis AND don't pass the comps won't be promoted.  The kids who don't want to be at Latin, presumably there's social promotion?  Anyone know?

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Unfortunately, there is social promotion at Latin.

Another difference between Latin and BASIS is that BASIS replaces very few of the kids who leave.  If a kid decides at the end of 8th that he does not want to continue with BASIS for high school, he is not replaced by another kid who has been attending a mediocre or failing middle for three or four years.  Only kids who demonstrate mastery of the material covered in the BASIS curriculum from 5th to 8th can join in 9th.   As a result, the classes shrink, but the curriculum is not watered down.[/quote]

Yes, every parent wants to believe this.  The economic reality is that it is only true when you have observed it actually happening.  That is not the case with Basis. they can still tell us whatever they want.[/quote]

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