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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not wanting to fan flames here, and I'm hopeful for L-Ts future prospects and hope these scores create even more of an environment for it to become a highly-coveted DCPS, but this brings to mind a comment I read on one of the other L-T threads not long ago and I'm curious about current families' thoughts.

Does the DCCAS data speak to L-T teaching to the test" in a way that may be great for some kids and not ideal for others?  I recall one person stating that she felt the teachers were overly regimented with the upper-classes: repeating instructions 4-5 times, little to no differentiation, lots of work-book work, pretty rigid (perhaps strict) environment.  She made it feel like a KIPP-lite. I suppose, if this method works, it shouldn't be questioned, but I'm also thinking perhaps the very reason for success is one of the reasons the neighbors felt the school was a little off-putting for their families, and may not be a good fit?[/quote]

Can current families speak to this?  [/quote]

I don't know how many (if any) families with kids in the upper grades are participating in this conversation.

My daughter will be starting 1st grade at LT in a few weeks. In conversations I've had with various teachers about testing, they seem to view it as a necessary evil, but I haven't spoke with the 2nd-5th grade teachers specifically.

My own child is aware of the test mostly because of the song they sang in the morning to get kids in testing grades psyched for the test. They made up new words to Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" -- "We're DC-CAS crazy" --and I heard it every night at bathtime during testing weeks. I actually thought that was a pretty good, age-appropriate tactic to keep the kids enthused and focused, approaching it like a pep rally rather than something scary.[/quote]

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