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[quote=Anonymous]Absolutely BASIS AZ schools have a 100% college acceptance rate, which is to be celebrated, but of course only for all students left in the program by senior year. Attrition is typically about 5-15% per grade per year. Attrition is another important statistic IMO not because it suggests BASIS is not right for every student - I support creating charter schools to serve different population segments - attrition these days in Tucson worries me because many students who leave (and many who stay despite serious misgivings and issues) are being negatively impacted psychologically and intellectually by the BASIS program. This may or may not be the case in DC as it gets up and running. I don't think any amount of accolades can outweigh hurting a single child. Again, I have seen this first hand in Tucson and believe it is a direct result of the BASIS model as applied here. This may or may not be the case (yet or ever) in DC.

But, coming back to my original point, this isn't about ferraris or moving goal posts, its about intelligently and fairly evaluating the pros and cons of a charter school model. On both sides of this debate there are useful facts and statistics, but listing the most prestigious college acceptances in any given year (which I see a lot on this forum in support of BASIS) is not as powerful as it might at first seem to be, because the acceptances to elite schools are usually due to the successes of a very few of the graduating students.

Boy do I wish we had an AZurbanmoms site. I do enjoy hanging out with you all! Still can't believe this is all anonymous though. Makes for very confusing discussion to refer to people by the time of posting!

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