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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you look at the USN&WR top 100 public high schools in the [i]entire[/i] United States, Basis has 10 of the top 100 (10%).

Basis DC, which only opened 11 years ago, is now ranked the #1 public middle school in DC, the #1 charter school in DC, and the #1 non-selective high school in DC.

Once they open a K-4, within a decade, Basis DC will be the top public public elementary school in the city.
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This is great news for DC parents.  Options are always good.

I always laugh when people call USN&WR rankings "dumb."  You realize that they are based on data, right?  And that they compare schools using the same set of consistent, objective criteria?  And that they are more reliable than the anonymous self-serving screeds you see on DCUM?

You have to love the posters whose kids are at mediocre schools justifying their choices by claiming that the PARCC test is "dumb," USN&WR is "dumb," and every other ranking/metric is "dumb."  Maybe they are the ones who are dumb?

The fact is that the USN&WR ratings generally do track the quality of schools.  For example, TJ is clearly the best public school in the area, and it is no surprise that USN&WR ranks them the #5 public high school in the U.S.  Maybe you wouldn't want to live in Fairfax and send your kid to TJ but it is clearly an excellent school.  There is nothing "dumb" about that ranking.[/quote]

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