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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are white parents going to be clamoring to get into Banneker? It was the top scoring high school in DCPS with 98% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in literacy and 62% of its students scoring at or above proficiency in mathematics. School Without Walls was 84% proficiency in literacy and 52% proficiency in mathematics.[/quote]

Have you been paying attention to this thread?

Not only is Banneker a test-in school, but it counsels out a large number of its students (anyone whose GPA drops below 3.0, even in the middle of a year). Combine that with the non-existent special ed or ELL populations and, voila, the few students who remain to actually take the PARCC do very well.

If Wilson could do all that, it'd probably be the best in the nation. If SWS was as aggressive as Banneker in counseling students out, its scores would be higher.[/quote]

Just a correction - i said it used to be 3.0.

I think DCPS has reworked the Banneker grading system so that it's less draconian -- by it is still a school with significant attrition from 9th to 12th. [/quote]

Thank you for the clarification. I'd love to see the comparable attrition data from SWS.[/quote]

According to learnDC.org (thank you PP for the suggestion), Banneker and SWS have completely different attrition profiles.

Enrollment at Banneker:
- 9th: 167
- 10th: 114
- 11th: 74
- 12th: 94

[b]Approx. attrition rate: 44%[/b]

Enrollment at SWS:
- 9th: 160
- 10th: 142
- 11th: 150
- 12th: 138

[b]Approx. attrition rate: 14%[/b]

Quite relevant when we compare PARCC numbers, correct?

(Both are great schools, but there's no need to hype results) 
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Maybe. PARCC is only supposed administered in during high school once, in 10th grade for ELA and whenever the right year happens based on their math level.

For 2014-15 DCPS tested kids in 9th and 10th for ELA. No idea what they did for 15-16. At any rate[b] if they normalize to just 10th the attrition issue will be less stark[/b] between SWW and Banneker.[/quote]

But how do you normalize for the fact that, based on general data above, Banneker has kicked out 32% of its lower-performing students by 10th grade, and SWW only 11%?

That 21% difference makes Banneker look like a better school than it actually is.[/quote]

This is slightly ridiculous. It is a better school because those who graduate are more proficient. Now, it kicks out many kids but that is entirely its right as an application school seeking to educate the high achievers. I'm not sure you would be making such a fuss if this were TJ in Virginia with this attrition rate. Because TJ is mostly white/asian it would be seen as kids not being able to keep up with the curriculum and being steered toward a more appropriate environment. SWW may be harder to get into but its metrics for continuing aren't the same - it caters to more individualized learning. [/quote]

YEp.  We bitch and moan about not having a school for high achievers in DC, one that is rigorous and based on standards, and yet lo and behold, we actually do have one, and it educates only the brightest kids, and its test scores are held up a unfair because it moves out kids who don't do well.  Let's celebrate the fact that there is a school that is doing a great job [b]educating students to an advanced level[/b]!   [/quote]

It's not! It's just kicking out 44% of its incoming class, if not more, so that the remaining half can say, "I survived!"

Sounds like a TV show to me, but of course I understand many disagree, because the students in question are black are therefore only half of them deserve to graduate from such magnificent educational institution.[/quote]

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