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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree that Banneker will start to attract more of those who would have only considered Walls. Plus, the facility blows Walls out of the water.[/quote]

Seriously, I'm a Bloomingdale parent questioning whether Walls is enough better to justify the longer commute. Yes the stats are stronger, but both are good overall, so why should my DC spend so much time on the bus?[/quote]

[b]I have a bias towards the old school mentality at Banneker but I bet if you did a proper matched comparison between Banneker and Walls students they wouldn’t be significantly different [/b][/quote]

I'm not sure exactly what you mean here. For instance, the Walls SAT scores are MUCH better than Banneker; these are not the same quality of student. That does not mean that the same kid at Walls and Banneker wouldn't do equivalently well and that the teaching might not even be better at Banneker (while the cohort is sufficient for adequate challenge). So if you mean "matched comparison" of kid to equivalent kid looking at outcome, I agree. But if you mean Banneker and Walls students themselves "wouldn't significantly different," you are very wrong.[/quote]

Given the socioeconomic edge of Walls families over those at Banneker, I question whether the higher SAT scores reflect a higher caliber student overall, or better/earlier test prep, which tends to be more common among upper income white and Asian families. I would be more interested in metrics like number of APs and scores on APs and college matriculation stats. SAT scores can be a good 1:1 measure when the populations are broadly similar and have similar test prep experiences, but it can offer wonky comparisons when you are talking about different populations with different SES and cultural attitudes towards test prep.[/quote]

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