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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am late chiming in here but one thing they did say at the Arlington information meeting is that the scores of Wakefield students are equivalent to W&L students by demographic group.  That is true - at least on the state SOL's - so the notion that kids are getting a worse education at Wakefield seems to be a misperceptions, not a reality.  Plus Wakefield is a beautiful school with a gorgeous campus and all the offerings if not more than WL.  If you have not seen it, you should - it.definitely changed my view about the school.[/quote]

This is why I don't trust APS. It is so easy to manipulate data and use it to your advantage.  They obviously know how to do it well. 
The SOL is a comprehensive exam at the end of a class. All teachers know the standards that will be on the test and they teach them. APS has some good teachers - that is not in question. Oh, and i could be wrong, but aren't students allowed (required?) to take it again if they fail?

But if you look at a test like the SAT, a national standardized test, you'll notice the numbers look a little different.

Here is the average SAT score for each school:
W-L: 1702
Yorktown:1752
Wakefield :1431

For Hispanics at each school:
W-L:1441
Yorktown:1610
Wakefield:1370

For Blacks:
W-L:1523
Yorktown:1506
Wakefield:1310

For Whites:
W-L: 1856
Yorktown:1788
Wakefield: 1729

Data looks a little different, doesn't it? The scores are not equivalent, or anywhere near equivalent.  The [b]national[/b] average score for 2016 was 1484. Wakefield scored below the national average by 53 points and below the average of Yorktown by 321 points.

But, demographics and data aren't that important...[/quote]

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