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None of this is meant to get into a pissing match over which ES is "best" but OP has a very legitimate concern as the parent to a kid of color. The resistance on this thread to acknowledging her concern as legitimate is troubling.

To me, and I am not highly trained in statistics, it looks like ESS is doing something "right" - I don't know if you can compare the demographics of PB and Flora Singer as particularly equivalent.  That's part of why I wonder if it's the small school size that makes a difference at ESS.  Flora Singer had 19 African American 3rd graders tested.  PB had 80.  That's pretty different demographics.

Maybe the smaller class sizes at ESS are helping?[/quote]

I also wonder if the small size of the school overall helps.  It's a lot easier to see each kid as an individual/follow a kid's progress from year to year, etc. if there are fewer total kids in the school.  At a small school a kid might be more likely to be known as an individual whereas stereotypes or racism may flourish at a big school where there are so many kids who are getting mixed together in different combinations each year.  I don't know, I'm just hypothesizing.  [/quote]

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