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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not about getting a good PARCC score! It's about attending a school where the classes are engaging to my DCs, where the material taught is at their level and advanced coursework is available to them. Where they have electives and activities that they like, and where the teaching in non-PARCC subjects is strong as well. If MacFarland is providing that to your DC, I'm glad to hear it. But to say that a school is just as good because kids get the same PARCC scores is to close your eyes to how the school and the kids are doing in most of the subjects, as well as anything else such as the pedagogical approach, the school culture, the after-school options, etc. It's bizarre IMO to not care about that stuff. I genuinely wish you the best at MacFarland. But I don't lack confidence in my children's ability to thrive just because I'm trying to choose a school that will engage them at their level and suit their interests.[/quote]

Again, my kid doesn’t attend McFarland. But he does attend another EOTP DCPS middle school.

I’m not saying that PARCC data is is the end-all-be-all of determining whether a school good. It’s certainly not. But some people on here seem to be assuming that McFarland is not good based [i]solely[/i] on PARCC data. Therefore, it’s completely appropriate to point out that upper-income DCPS middle school kids generally perform as well as each other on the PARCC regardless of school.

Now, if we want to talk about non-PARCC factors, that’s great too. What if anything do you know about how McFarland performs with respect to the various other factors you mentioned?

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