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AZ gets around this by offering admission to everyone who gets a slot in the lottery, but not necessarily admission in the grade level that they prefer.  All 5th graders get into 5th with no testing and no questions asked.  If your child gets picked in the lottery, and you want your child in 7th grade, but your child doesn't pass the 7th grade tests, they'll offer your child a spot in 6th grade instead.  [/quote]

That's just f'ed up. No one has an issue with it?[/quote]
Well, you have to pick one of the two:  
1. Social promotion and letting kids into whatever grade level they want, and then slowing down the classes to accommodate the kids who otherwise wouldn't be ready.
2. Only let kids enter 6th grade-12th grade who are ready for the material, and then continue teaching at a brisk pace.

BASIS would be just like every other school if they chose option 1 over option 2.  I mean, I guess they could admit unready kids into their preferred grade level, let them get buried under the work, and then flunk them, but that's even more cruel than telling them to repeat a grade.  It's not like kids need astronomically high scores to get admitted into a preferred grade.  They just need to pass the final from the previous year.

Also, if you want your child in 7th, and they don't pass the tests, it's not like you have to accept the BASIS 6th grade slot.  You can send your child to some other charter or the local public and put your kid in 7th.  The main benefit is that the BASIS schools in AZ offer a chance for advanced 6th-12th graders to join the school, whereas in DC, if you don't get picked in the 5th grade lottery, you're out of luck.  [/quote]

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