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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, if test scores are weighted so heavily, the obvious way to be #1 is to either be:

1. A kill-and-drill test factory, or
2. Whiter than a "Live, Laugh, Love" placard made of reclaimed wood. [/quote]

As discussed above, I think the most interesting parts of the rankings are in the middle. Those schools are what many of us are deciding between, and where there are some surprises (like in the bilingual schools). Profit drive and opaque as USNWR may be, it's worth asking why and how a school like Dorothy Height or Barnard scored SO much higher than pretty much all of the popular charters. It may say more about the charters than the DCPS schools that rank above them, but it's worth thinking about instead of dismissing the entire thing as worthless because it doesn't fit your existing understanding of comparative quality and performance. [/quote]

Because of race; they are much less white.... Therefore "expected" performance is lower and they outperformed. That in itself can be useful but be careful to compare to other similar demographics schools. Barnard is less white but I believe higher income. Height is an unusual standout and worth looking into more.[/quote]

This is not why. They do better compared to similar demographic schools AND when "normalized" across demographic groups, like a PP was talking about. White kids in these schools do better than at the charters, and so do the black kids. The proficiency rates at charters are surprisingly low. Most parents just never compare the numbers broken down by demographic groups and assume the whiter, more popular schools must have equally good or better scores for their kid's demographic group. My "favorite" example is CMI. People love to talk about how low performing CMI is, but if I remember correctly (the website is down today), they do better with white kids than DCB, which neighborhood families flock to. And don't forget everyone that would still take CMI over Barnard, which scores higher than either for white, black, at-risk, and ELL kids. [/quote]

CMI scores are pretty mediocre across the board.

CMI white students 
ELA 60.9%
Math 71.7%

CMI black students 
ELA 21.5%
Math 23.1%

ITS white students 
ELA 88%
Math 78.3%

ITS black students 
ELA 35.8%
Math 20.8%

MV white students 
ELA 62.7%
Math 69.3%

MV black students 
ELA 22%
Math 22%

DCB
White students N/A (not enough to report)
Black students 
ELA 33.3%
Math 19.4%[/quote]

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