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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC excels at creating its own difficulties with academic tracking at the MS and HS levels in DCPS and DCPCS, too.  Even BASIS isn't offering the rigor it could under a superior tracking and admissions system.  You've already got the economies of scale in DCPS (e.g. Deal) and the demographics to create more (Stuart Hobson, Hardy) without the political will.

OP, I'd start in Arlington and stay there.  10 years ago, Upper NW might have been worth it from K-12.  I don't think it is these days. [/quote]
Just so we’re clear on the relationship between DCUM and reality:

In 2014-15, 495 students took the SAT at Wilson. The average composite score, excluding the since-discontinued writing section, was 966.

In 2024-25, 699 students took the SAT at Jackson-Reed (fka Wilson). The average composite score was 1072.

This is the kind of objective, measurable increase in both enrollment and test scores that DCUM will describe as “decline.”[/quote]

30 points or so of that difference is due to other changes to SAT scoring in 2016.

Is SAT a reflection of the quality of the education?  How much has the base potential of the students changed in that time?  Do SAT scores show that DCPS is teaching it's students better?  Hard to say there is an "objective, measurable" answer to that.

The trends in changes with DCPS, to this observer, have been overall negative. Honors for All does not help make 9th grade a productive year. Many DCPS-wide policies are stupid (more testing, bad curriculum choices etc.).  The reduction in enrollment at J-R is a positive for J-R.
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