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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Give us a break.  Brent students don't score as high on PARCC as schools in Upper NW mainly because those schools got a 25-year head start in serving UMC communities. Brent does darn well for an EotP school that went from having fewer than 200 students, almost all low SES, to having almost 500 students and being overwhelmingly high SES in a little over a decade.  Also, Brent offers 5 specials - most DCPS programs offer 3 or 4.  Good.
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Hmmm ok, then why don’t Brent kids score as high as Inspired Teaching kids? Haven’t they only been open for like 6-7 years???? Stop with the excuses, your $400k pta funds haven’t helped enough with pull outs. OP, choose Maury. They are a 5 star school (94% grade). Brent is 4 star (65%). 30 point difference is HUGE! Maury serves a more diverse population as well.  [/quote]

People, stop with the drama and pettiness.  IST scores well because most the kids are from UMC families just like Brent.  But ITS does not do any tracking while at Brent I know they do with math.  [/quote]

Yes, the point is Brent should be doing better. They are a [b]mediocre[/b] school who’s population is not performing the same as their counterparts across the city. It should be concerning, especially since Brent doesn’t have a back up plan for middle and High like wotp and are predominantly relying on Basis and SWW (of which you need to pass parcc). As it stands, only 3/4 of its UMC white students would even be even be eligible to apply.[/quote]

What?  Mediocre?  I don't think so.  My kid has been at Brent since PK3 - now about to age out and head to charter school next year.  Granted, I don't know the other Hill schools so I can't compare.  But Brent has really been an excellent experience.  Really thoughtful and caring teachers all the way through.  Specials have, for the most part, been great (art and foreign language have been the exceptions - mediocre art experience and haphazard language instruction given switch from Chinese to Spanish and apparent inability to keep a Spanish teacher).  Nice and smart peer group.  Engaged parents.  My kid scored 5/high 4 on PARCC as did friends, so I don't really know which kids are not scoring 4s or 5s . . . admittedly, I would be curious to know if there is an explanation for 3s or lower (e.g., special needs, etc.).  In any event, and as a PP pointed out above, after taking a look at the ELA PARCC I was VERY unimpressed.  Poorly written trick questions.  No question OP, you would be happy at Brent (and I'm sure happy at Maury or whatever too).  Middle school is a problem but charter schools seem to pick up the slack.[/quote]

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