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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]Passing the test is not a set score.  The top 250 scores pass the test and are then interviewed.[/quote]

Also, the Post article said that since more students pass the score than can be admitted, that the lottery plays a role.

However, last year at the open house they said they decide person by person.

It is a really non-transparent process. I"m not sure anyone, outside the school's administration, truly knows how decisions are made. I'm not convinced they fully abide by the process they discuss.[/quote]

The article was incorrect- there is not a "passing score" on the entrance exam.  The top 200 or whatever number of students get to the interview phase.  Every year that cut off is different based on student scores.  It's not as if everyone who scores 80% or above every year gets an interview.  So no one "passes" and doesn't get an interview.[/quote]

The email sent out to invite students to take the test says those students who "pass" the test will be invited for interviews.  I took that to mean there was a pass score?[/quote]

Not a numerical score, like scoring a 92% etc.

Passing means they invite the 250-300 students who scored the highest in any given year to an interview. [/quote]

It's a joke[/quote]

Could you elaborate?[/quote]

DP. I don't know why PP says it is a joke. Last year, before PARCC was required, 8th graders still needed a minimum 3.0 to take the test. Of the 1240 applications submitted, only 263 made it past the test for an offer or waitlist. That's 21% or applicants who had a 3.0 or higher. Of that 140 got offers following the interviews, which is just over 11%. That's not different from some of the more selective private schools. [/quote]

Where did you find those numbers?  Do you have them for Banneker? [/quote]

713 applications, 154 seats, 2 waitlist from the MyschoolDC data:

http://enrolldcps.dc.gov/node/61

Also, a poster earlier in the thread posted the link to waitlist data as of June, August and October.
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Thanks!  So on Banneker - a waitlist of 2. Can that be right. They are demanding a new campus to expand their school. 
G an [/quote]

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