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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21062736/marylandnationalmeritsemifinalists22.pdf

None from Bullis.

While this list may not speak to the teaching at the school, the fact that Bullis (vs Sidwell, Maret, etc) is never represented speaks to the fact that it is not a school that has a high percentage of high performing kids - and that is what the OP was asking about.[/quote]

OP here,

That's not at what I asked about, or at least not what I meant to ask about.

I think it is natural that a school that selects kids based on characteristics that predict high test scores, is going to have higher test scores.  That doesn't mean that the education or environment is better.  My kid thrives in a diverse environment, but it needs to be one where there is enough flexibility and built in differentiation in the curriculum to accommodate his strengths.   The number of NMSF's isn't going to play into my decision. The number of other high performing kids doesn't, other than the fact that the only reason I'm looking to move this kid is that he really wants to go to school with his older sibling who isn't academically as strong, so a school like Sidwell where everyone is academically high performing doesn't work for us.

Plus, everything I hear about places like Sidwell makes them sound really overwhelming.  He's a kid who does really interesting, challenging things on his own in his spare time, and is involved at a high level in an extracurricular. I can't imagine trading that for a ton of homework.  Even if he was an only child.  I do understand that there are kids who need to be pushed like that.  I just don't have one. [/quote]

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