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And yet, Basis or any of DCPS or Charter schools has had not a single kid place in the honor rolls etc of any of the AMC competitions. As noted upthread, school environments appear to be important in influencing whether students will reach this very high level. One might argue that kids do not want to take this test. But the really high achieving ones find a way to do so. So it is more than likely that children (at least at this level) do not have access to the types of math needed. [/quote]

There are plenty of Basis kids in Arizona who are placing on the AMC honor rolls, so it's not the curriculum or access to math that is the deciding factor.  I would guess that most people in DC with highly gifted children place them in elite privates, whereas people elsewhere with highly gifted kids might still stick with publics or charters.

One other thing to keep in mind is that children who place on the honor rolls are listed under the school in which they were registered for AMC tests and not the school they attend.  If a kid attends a DCPS, but then takes AMC at say RSM or AoPS, that kid's school will be listed on the AMC honor rolls as RSM or AoPS.[/quote]

That may well be (Basis Arizona is different from Basis DC) but a quick perusal of these stats shows clearly that many students at MoCo magnets and local private schools take the tests at their school. So not all are taking the tests at RSM or AoPS. DCPS does offer the test at a central site (at UDC in the past years, for instance). Even if DCPS kids were taking these tests at AoPS and/or RSM, it would imply that their home school does not offer the tests or if they do, the kids don't do well. Doesn't speak too well for math enrichment (at the extreme tail) in DCPS.

Anyway, your first point is what I am trying to make.[/quote]

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