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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I've heard differently. It's pretty obvious that not every incoming student tested at the same level - and some incoming students apparently didn't even bother with the test - though they should have, as some who didn't bother probably weren't sufficiently prepared."

You've heard differently.

Same garbage as always. Basis has been open all of ten minutes. Not long enough to be able to analyze trends or make predictions in any meaningful way. Not long enough to determine who is prepared and who isn't (especially considering the huge pressure to grade inflate) and absolutely not long enough to trust that whatever method is used to place kids is, in any way, robust.

Give the poor school a chance to prove itself and stop denigrating it by spreading lies and rumors to make it look good. We don't need those silly strategies.[/quote]

Your right, every kid did not do the same. That would be very ignorant to suggests that. What was said was all the kids on average tested the same. There were no significant numbers through the roof suggesting that the kids that came from private school tested considerably higher than any other child coming from DCPS! You guys read what is written and creat your own interpretation of what was CLEARLY stated. Jeesh! The children that did however do considerably well were the ones homeschooled and that's not to say that there were not any children here and there that didn't score high as well but out of 450 plus students the ratio was about the same. There were plenty parents that came in very proud and saying there kid was coming from private school and or was in a GT program and the test just didn't show it. 
How do I know this you keep asking? Well if your child attends Basis then you know this as well. As a concerned parent, as all the parents are at Basis, I asked. When my child's test scores came in on that email, that my fellow Basis parents received, it stated that my child's test results were among 80% of the students. They only tested for math and reading. They gave you the score for math and then for reading. It's safe to assume that the other 20% either scored higher than that or lower and not many scored higher so you do the math!!! Then comes the conversations had at the PTA's and the children of course share their scores as well like kids do. Why is that such a hard pill to swallow for you parents. I only made that point because of the remarks about one class of children affecting another class of children when that can't totally be the case if they mostly came in testing ABOUT the same! Now if that's not clarification enough for you then call my bluff and call Basis and check those stats yourself. 202-393-5437. They can't tell you which child scored what but they can tell you the ratio for all those doubting ANYTHING this states![/quote]

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