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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]its not the drop between 8th and 9th because thats a natural exit point (to private/dcps application hs/other more typical hs option with more ecs etc.).  its the attrition after 6th/7th and during hs that raises eyebrows.[/quote]

10 percent of the students don't pass the end of year exams at the end of 6th grade, and they can't move on to 7th until they pass. Some families retake the test but many move on.

This isn't a rumor or a guess, it's info that's freely shared by BASIS admin.

That's why the lack of social promotion is linked to attrition.[/quote]

Well what about the other 20-50% kids that leave in middle?  They are not failing and don’t leave.

Also kids can retake it and do move on.  It’s not hard.

Sorry but above is not the only reason for the high attrition.

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Here's a math problem for you:

Start with 130 in 6th grade, and then reduce it by 10 percent every year until 9th grade. See what number you have at the end.

And then at 9th, maybe 20 percent of the kids will leave for application schools, private and the suburbs (as they do from every middle school, including Deal and Hardy).

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You know that 10% of the kids are not leaving every year because they failed the comps.  The kids can retake it and they do and stay.

It’s people like you who refuse to acknowledge lots of kids leave for other reasons and why Basis is the school people say have lots of boosters.[/quote]

You just cannot talk about BASIS's attrition numbers without talking about their lack of social promotion. That's what that means -- kids cannot continue if they are failing, so they leave. Of course that policy has a relationship to attrition numbers. It's the only public school in DC that does that.

I know a handful of successful kids who left for privates or moved, and yes there is a wave of successful kids who leave at 8th. But you cannot leave out this policy when "raising eyebrows" about their attrition.[/quote]

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