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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the Janney parent above and there is zero formal differentiation at Janney.  My kids did (and do) well with no effort and always get 5's on the PARCC. When we asked about more, it was suggested that they join the lunch time math club.  My neighbor's kid is a true prodigy (doing math 5 grades up, etc).  The parents had many meetings and were also provided with nothing except for suggestions about the math club and for a few weeks one year their kids was given extra work-sheets.  They were far more frustrated than we were because they have a kid who truly needs differentiation and was bored out of his mind (but well behaved because he's a quiet kid) and the school provided nothing year after year.   This school is 100% in the business of teaching AT GRADE LEVEL and providing a ton of support for kids who are behind.  But zero, nothing for kids who are ahead, even many years ahead.

Maybe it's different across the park where the array of ability is much wider.  At a school like Janney, I'd guess you have 75% of kids functioning very easily at grade level.  20% who lag behind in some way and 5% who are ahead. [/quote]

No, it’s worst EOTP.  Except for the CH schools the majority of kids (60-75%) are not even at grade level.  Below or well below, so the achievement gap is much greater.  The focus is just getting these kids up to grade level.  Kids who are at or above grade level are bored.  This is evident in 1st or 2nd, why parents bail in 3rd and 4th.  It’s also why charter spots in the lottery are competitive and in demand because there, at least 1/2 kids or so are at grade level and the achievement gap is not as wide.

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+1  Take a look at the share of Wilson students meeting basic proficiency standards.  Just 22% of students meet basic proficiency standards for math.  And this is supposedly DC's best, wealthiest non-magnet high school.  Meanwhile just across the border at BCC, 90% of students meet basic proficiency standards for math.[/quote]

This is comparing apples to oranges. Wilson’s student body doesn’t reflect BCC’s population. You can make yourself feel better that MoCo is superior if that is what you need to do. I am happy living in DC and like my kids having to do class projects with students who aren’t the best scoring or not your average BCC student. In the long run, my kids are learning how to communicate and work with kids from different backgrounds and with different challenges. I don’t run my life according to test scores; they’re only one piece of the whole picture.[/quote]

Wilson has a FARMS population of 11%.   BCC has a FARMS population of 12%.  The populations are similar yet there is a huge performance gap.[/quote]

Agree, they are similar schools - BCC is a much more diverse school than the MCPS high schools farther west. [/quote]

NP.  I'm not one to live my life by test scores, but I took a look at Wlison's scores, and decided to concentrate my housing search in MCPS and NOVA areas.  There aren't enough poor kids there to explain such weak test scores.[/quote]

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