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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking at last year's data, it looks like EH's PARCC scores for its non-at-risk students are on par with or better than Stuart Hobson's in 6th and 7th.  EH's non-at-risk population takes a dive in 8th, and the scores drop too -- presumably many of the better students are self-selecting out to a different school.  This doesn't happen at SH as much, so the issues leading to this drop are vital for EH to address.

Both SH and EH's non-at-risk scores trail Deal's significantly.  Some of this is because non-at-risk includes some kids on the bubble of at-risk, and SH and EH presumably have more of that group than Deal does, but it's something for the Capitol Hill middles to look at and try to deal with.[/quote]

Why do kids leave EH in 8th?  Is that a common year to go private? The main middle school charters for Cap Hill families (Basis and Latin) don't take a lot or any kids in that year.

EH is adding more higher level math as it has an increasing number of students that are able to complete the coursework. I believe it's adding Geometry in 8th next year, because they have some kids that have completed 7th grade Algebra. Maybe this will prevent some of the 8th grade attrition.[/quote]

I don't know what the answer is, but would be eager to learn -- my kids are in the EH pipeline.[/quote]

NP with an 8th grader at EH. First I'm hearing of this phenomenon of kids leaving in 8th--has not been our experience. There have been smaller 8th grade cohorts over the years, and there was definitely some shift due to pandemic. Pandemic learning loss def plays into PARCC score across teh board[/quote][/quote]

I think this was just projecting too much from one set of data.  Last year's 8th grade had ~75 PARCC test takers (versus ~100 in 6th and 7th), but based on the previous year's data (when the 7th grade had ~75 PARCC test takers), it looks like it was just a smaller class.[/quote]

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