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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They may be application schools but I don't think they have impressive AP pass rates, graduation rates, etc for "application" schools.   The standards in DC are so low sometimes, just because you pass a test doesnt mean anything. I have seen a lot of DCPS graduates in my office as interns and many are functionally illiterate but UDC can't wait to take their loan money for tuition. Its such a racket. [/quote]

Banneker's graduation rate: 100%, Banneker's college acceptance rate: 100%. Washington Post: "Banneker is 60 percent low-income, yet its passing rate for AP tests is 89 percent, right up there with Wootton at 88 percent and Langley at 88 percent. It has about the same test participation rate as the two suburban schools. According to principal Anita Berger, less than 1 percent of students ever leave because the work is too hard."[/quote]

I'd like to see a data source for Banneker's alleged 89% AP pass rate. Erich Martel's data has Banneker's 3 or higher rate at about 20% for 2012 and 2013, with just one 5 out of 560 tests taken.[/quote]

The above quote is from a Jay Mathews column from March 2015. This is what US News reported in their 2015 high schools report http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/district-of-columbia/districts/district-of-columbia-public-schools/benjamin-banneker-academic-high-school-4650/test-scores[/quote]

The US News page also reports a 20% pass rate. I guess Jay Mathews pulled the 89% number out of his ass.[/quote]

Exactly. So the real mystery would be IF more white students chose to attend either school. There's zero mystery why they don't: they have better alternatives, and closer.[/quote]

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