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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All public and charter schools in DC with a 5th grade, is what it looks like to me. [/quote]

You can't compare fifth grade classes across schools though since so many kids shuffle to middle schools and better feeder patterns in fifth.[/quote]

What is the best comparison?[/quote]

Probably 3rd grade for how well the school did distance learning (since those kids did K and 1st remote) or 4th for the school overall. There's attrition in 4th at many schools, but the biggest loss happens all at once in 5th. [/quote]

+1. Fifth grade classrooms look markedly different from every other elementary grade in schools that don't have middle school pathways. Just look at the threads on MacFarland right now. Aside from a few pioneers, everyone that can get out does get out. That leaves a much more disadvantaged population remaining in fifth. Test scores would reflect that. [/quote]

The following are all true with respect to 5th grade scores:
[list] Latin and BASIS are testing kids who were educated elsewhere[list]
[/list]Attrition at many ES in 5th means new kids backfilling, with kids who do not reflect the education of that school up to 5th grade[/list]
[list]Because of Latin and BASIS pulling self-selecting populations, the top end of the kids 4th grade classes are not there in 5th, which creates a brain drain[/list]

My conclusion is that using 5th grade data to try and assess educational outcomes at a give school is a waste of time
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