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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You want to gather good info, listen to parents of top performers who left BASIS 3, 4 or 5 years in. All ears?[b]  Be open to moving to NoVa if you can't afford private school[/b]. [/quote]

Doesn't this mean that it's the best public option in DC?[/quote]

Not necessarily. We switched from BASIS to SH after 5th. Kid is on his way to Walls in the fall, while his elementary school pals at BASIS who tried for Walls weren't offered spots. We supplemented in various ways at SH, especially for science and social studies, but that worked better for us than BASIS, which we disliked.[/quote]

This is a word to the wise who are iffy on BASIS for hs. No question that DCPS favors its own in Walls admission.[/quote]

[b]I think admissions ‘favors’ DCPS in the sense that DCPS grades are incredibly inflated so lots of kids have high GPAs without needing to prove a level of understanding the way Basis does.[/b]  I don’t think it’s favored in any other way.  But that is a big one.[/quote]

This. A B+ at Basis removes you from the Walls competition. 
Thanks, {Basis science teacher who loves giving 89s}!
This did not happen to our friends' kids who applied from DCPS.[/quote]

No kids at either school but if Basis is working for your kid, stay at Basis.

Walls is going downhill without test in and so is the performance of the kids.  A significant percentage of kids are not even in grade level in math. [/quote]

I keep hearing this message about Walls going downhill but the junior class (who did not take an entrance exam) is full of smart, lovely students.  I am just not sure why you think so negatively of the kids at the school.[/quote]

Look at the PARCC scores.  Also heard kids need remedial math classes now.[/quote]

Yes but but is still a good school.[/quote]

Good is subjective.  For being the best selective DCPS high school in the city, it’s not really good compared to other similar schools in DMV.  It’s just like an average school.

Compared to other DCPS high schools in the city where over 75% kids are below grade level, it’s good.

It depends on what standards you are using in comparison.  It’s obvious you are using the low standards and expectations of DCPS[/quote]

Yes,  anonymous DCUM poster lurking in the suburbs, it depends on what standards you are using in comparison.  It's obvious that you are just expressing your own subjective opinion.

A more objective assessment found that Walls was the #2 public high school in the DMV, after only TJ.  It ranked above the Ws, Langley, Poolesville, McLean, etc.  That ranking--unlike yours--actually uses consistent standards and relevant data.

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/rankings/washington-dc-47900

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