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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why does every assume that the children coming into Basis are not very bright? Most of the parents I talked to say the reason that they are sending their to Basis, is because they are not being challenged. I think Basis may have pulled the cream of the crop from all over DC.[/quote]

Or those kids who are inherently bright but are not really learning much because they have had really crappy and lazy teachers who talk  the talk and write elaborate lesson plans but in reality take the easy way by printing worksheet after worksheet and pass them out to the kids. There are also those teachers who assign long term projects where children have to sit at the computer and work on their google docs daily for at least an hour for weeks and months until the project is finished. The latter "methodology" supposedly teaches kids how to research and develop higher level thinking. 
And somehow these so called teachers are getting many parents believe their child is learning so much!

One more thing --  EVERY school drills for the DC CAS. Some of them admit to it, others don't. Those schools who take pride by  claiming they don't teach to the test, absolutely do so for months . It's just that they have a way of presenting all the cramming under some other other umbrella or format. 
I have worked at several schools for over a decade and know exactly what goes on. And just because students do well in the DC CAS does not necessarily mean they are on grade level. I know this first hand from my own kids who do quite well on their DC CAS tests but  are otherwise are below grade level. For many kids you change the format of the test to a format they have never seen before and they are unable to use higher level thinking skills to solve a rather easy problem.
I am really rooting for BASIS to succeed, and hoping all teachers are truly dedicated to each and every student's success. [/quote]

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