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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are white parents going to be clamoring to get into Banneker? It was the top scoring high school in DCPS with 98% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in literacy and 62% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in mathematics. School Without Walls was 84% proficiency in literacy and 52% proficiency in mathematics.[/quote]

Have you been paying attention to this thread?

Not only is Banneker a test-in school, but it counsels out a large number of its students (anyone whose GPA drops below 3.0, even in the middle of a year). Combine that with the non-existent special ed or ELL populations and, voila, the few students who remain to actually take the PARCC do very well.

If Wilson could do all that, it'd probably be the best in the nation. If SWS was as aggressive as Banneker in counseling students out, its scores would be higher.[/quote]

Compare Banneker to School Without Walls, a test-in school also. Banneker has an even greater hill to climb since 48% of its student population are economically disadvantaged, while only 17% of School Without Walls' population are economically disadvantaged. Both schools have a non-existent special education or ESL population.

I was comparing apples to apples. You are the one who mentioned the Wilson comparison.[/quote]

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