Anonymous
08/21/2025 14:11
Subject: Re:DC CAPE SCORES
Anonymous wrote:I wish the Empower data let you look at just the 5 scores, i.e., the percentage of kids above grade level. If I recall correctly, you can figure that out from the data, but I don't know how to do it.
Its HIGHLY censored. Its there, but only usable for a small sliver
Anonymous
08/21/2025 14:04
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Top 20 Schools Pass Rate in English:
School Without Walls High School 99
Benjamin Banneker High School 92.3
Ross Elementary School 83.8
Stoddert Elementary School 82.2
Deal Middle School 81.4
Janney Elementary School 81
Lafayette Elementary School 80.5
Washington Latin PCS - Upper School 80.1
BASIS DC PCS 77.9
Brent Elementary School 76.1
Mann Elementary School 75.5
School-Within-School @ Goding 74.8
McKinley Technology High School 74.7
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 74.5
Hearst Elementary School 74.1
Key Elementary School 73.8
Hardy Middle School 73.5
Maury Elementary School 73.3
Shepherd Elementary School 72.7
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 72.1
Pass Rate in Math (I think Excluding High Achieving Middle School Students)
Lafayette Elementary School 84.3
Janney Elementary School 83
Brent Elementary School 82.7
Ross Elementary School 79.7
Stoddert Elementary School 79.7
School-Within-School @ Goding 75.7
Hearst Elementary School 75.5
School Without Walls High School 75.3
Key Elementary School 74.6
Deal Middle School 71
Murch Elementary School 70.3
Maury Elementary School 69.3
Mann Elementary School 68.5
BASIS DC PCS 67.7
Eaton Elementary School 65.4
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 64.9
Hyde-Addison Elementary School 63.9
Shepherd Elementary School 62.7
Benjamin Banneker High School 60.9
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 58.4
Hardy Middle School 55.3
All of these schools barely serve at risk students. I would expect the scores to be high. I am sure there is an achievement gap between blacks and whites at these schools.
Not true. I haven't looked at the rest of the schools, but I know that McKinley Tech has 38% at risk according to DCPS profiles.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 13:52
Subject: Re:DC CAPE SCORES
All this data and yet I doubt I'll get my kid's scores for several more months. I remember taking standardized tests 20 years ago and you got your result as soon as you finished.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 13:35
Subject: Re:DC CAPE SCORES
I wish the Empower data let you look at just the 5 scores, i.e., the percentage of kids above grade level. If I recall correctly, you can figure that out from the data, but I don't know how to do it.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 13:29
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Anonymous wrote:It's a shame the Empower Dashboard doesn't let you look at non-economically disadvantaged students (it says it does, but the graphs don't show), because that's actually what I'd like to see. Relying on white as an imperfect proxy, for all students in ES specifically, you get a VERY different list than the "top" list above... which really shows how much that list is just demographics driven.
Top 15 ELA:
Shepherd 93
Chisholm 93
Ludlow-Taylor 92
Stoddert 90
Hyde-Addison 90
Maury 88
EL Haynes 86
Payne 86
Oyster-Adams 85
Bancroft 85
Janney 85
Lafayette 84
Murch 84
SWS 83
Mundo Verde - Cook 82
Top 15 Math:
Hearst 93
Lewis 93
Shepherd 90
Lafayette 90
Ross 90
SWS 89
Brent 88
Watkins 97
Maury 87
Stoddert 87
Murch 85
Eaton 85
Garrison 85
Chisholm 81
Ludlow-Taylor 81
One thing I think is interesting about the above list is that lots of these schools are very diverse and so don't do as well "overall." But it seems to me that as a parent what you should care about is how your kid would do and this seems to give the best view of that for UMC families. It's actually encouraging to me that it suggests a diverse set of classmates is not a negative and could be a positive even looking only at test scores. (It semes like it's obviously a positive overall.) The other thing this makes very clear is that DCPSes do much better than Charters for ES when you compare like populations.
I'm working on a research project looking at schools and school systems in the Charlotte, NC area, and the data I have there corresponds with the DC data: white students thrive in almost any school (although once the disadvantaged rate hits ~65%, performance even they fail more often that not. Though they still do significantly better than their black and hispanic peers). Nice to have some datapoints from a district outside the area. I'll have to further dig into the the data for DC and see if it follows the same general trends I'm seeing in Charlotte.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 13:24
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Anonymous wrote:Very impressed with Latin (our kids are at other schools but we have plenty of friends there). It looked like all of their scores trended up since last year, too. No wonder their wait list looks the way it does.
+1
Latin has way, way more poor kids than a lot of these other schools too.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 12:50
Subject: Re:DC CAPE SCORES
Am I misreading this or did DC Bilingual's scores all drop a fair amount?
Anonymous
08/21/2025 12:45
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Someone do the analysis for me, thanks
Here you go:
https://www.empowerk12.org/data-dashboard-source/dc-parcc-dash
This is an incredible public service.
If you agree and feel so inclined...EmpowerK12 is a nonprofit and always welcomes donations
https://www.empowerk12.org/about
Anonymous
08/21/2025 12:25
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
It's a shame the Empower Dashboard doesn't let you look at non-economically disadvantaged students (it says it does, but the graphs don't show), because that's actually what I'd like to see. Relying on white as an imperfect proxy, for all students in ES specifically, you get a VERY different list than the "top" list above... which really shows how much that list is just demographics driven.
Top 15 ELA:
Shepherd 93
Chisholm 93
Ludlow-Taylor 92
Stoddert 90
Hyde-Addison 90
Maury 88
EL Haynes 86
Payne 86
Oyster-Adams 85
Bancroft 85
Janney 85
Lafayette 84
Murch 84
SWS 83
Mundo Verde - Cook 82
Top 15 Math:
Hearst 93
Lewis 93
Shepherd 90
Lafayette 90
Ross 90
SWS 89
Brent 88
Watkins 97
Maury 87
Stoddert 87
Murch 85
Eaton 85
Garrison 85
Chisholm 81
Ludlow-Taylor 81
One thing I think is interesting about the above list is that lots of these schools are very diverse and so don't do as well "overall." But it seems to me that as a parent what you should care about is how your kid would do and this seems to give the best view of that for UMC families. It's actually encouraging to me that it suggests a diverse set of classmates is not a negative and could be a positive even looking only at test scores. (It semes like it's obviously a positive overall.) The other thing this makes very clear is that DCPSes do much better than Charters for ES when you compare like populations.
Top 15 ELA:
Shepherd 93
Chisholm 93
Ludlow-Taylor 92
Stoddert 90
Hyde-Addison 90
Maury 88
EL Haynes 86
Payne 86
Oyster-Adams 85
Bancroft 85
Janney 85
Lafayette 84
Murch 84
SWS 83
Mundo Verde - Cook 82
Top 15 Math:
Hearst 93
Lewis 93
Shepherd 90
Lafayette 90
Ross 90
SWS 89
Brent 88
Watkins 97
Maury 87
Stoddert 87
Murch 85
Eaton 85
Garrison 85
Chisholm 81
Ludlow-Taylor 81
One thing I think is interesting about the above list is that lots of these schools are very diverse and so don't do as well "overall." But it seems to me that as a parent what you should care about is how your kid would do and this seems to give the best view of that for UMC families. It's actually encouraging to me that it suggests a diverse set of classmates is not a negative and could be a positive even looking only at test scores. (It semes like it's obviously a positive overall.) The other thing this makes very clear is that DCPSes do much better than Charters for ES when you compare like populations.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 12:25
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Anonymous wrote:Top 20 Schools Pass Rate in English:
School Without Walls High School 99
Benjamin Banneker High School 92.3
Ross Elementary School 83.8
Stoddert Elementary School 82.2
Deal Middle School 81.4
Janney Elementary School 81
Lafayette Elementary School 80.5
Washington Latin PCS - Upper School 80.1
BASIS DC PCS 77.9
Brent Elementary School 76.1
Mann Elementary School 75.5
School-Within-School @ Goding 74.8
McKinley Technology High School 74.7
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 74.5
Hearst Elementary School 74.1
Key Elementary School 73.8
Hardy Middle School 73.5
Maury Elementary School 73.3
Shepherd Elementary School 72.7
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 72.1
Pass Rate in Math (I think Excluding High Achieving Middle School Students)
Lafayette Elementary School 84.3
Janney Elementary School 83
Brent Elementary School 82.7
Ross Elementary School 79.7
Stoddert Elementary School 79.7
School-Within-School @ Goding 75.7
Hearst Elementary School 75.5
School Without Walls High School 75.3
Key Elementary School 74.6
Deal Middle School 71
Murch Elementary School 70.3
Maury Elementary School 69.3
Mann Elementary School 68.5
BASIS DC PCS 67.7
Eaton Elementary School 65.4
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 64.9
Hyde-Addison Elementary School 63.9
Shepherd Elementary School 62.7
Benjamin Banneker High School 60.9
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 58.4
Hardy Middle School 55.3
All of these schools barely serve at risk students. I would expect the scores to be high. I am sure there is an achievement gap between blacks and whites at these schools.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 12:23
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Very impressed with Latin (our kids are at other schools but we have plenty of friends there). It looked like all of their scores trended up since last year, too. No wonder their wait list looks the way it does.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 11:59
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Note, most of this is selection on race and socio-economic status. Looking at just one control, white students. Here are grade 6 english scores:
Deal Middle School 93.9
Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper Middle School 91.3
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 91.1
Hardy Middle School 90.7
Stuart-Hobson Middle School (Capitol Hill Cluster) 88.2
Eliot-Hine Middle School 88
District of Columbia International School 86.4
BASIS DC PCS 85.7
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 83.3
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 80
John Francis Education Campus 70.6
Now Deal/Latin/Hardy/S-H/E-H are in a rounding error of each other. And are all measurably better than DCI/Basis/O-A.
Deal Middle School 93.9
Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper Middle School 91.3
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 91.1
Hardy Middle School 90.7
Stuart-Hobson Middle School (Capitol Hill Cluster) 88.2
Eliot-Hine Middle School 88
District of Columbia International School 86.4
BASIS DC PCS 85.7
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 83.3
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 80
John Francis Education Campus 70.6
Now Deal/Latin/Hardy/S-H/E-H are in a rounding error of each other. And are all measurably better than DCI/Basis/O-A.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 11:52
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Note, most of this is selection on race and socio-economic status. Looking at just one control, white students. Here are grade 6 english scores:
Deal Middle School 93.9
Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper Middle School 91.3
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 91.1
Hardy Middle School 90.7
Stuart-Hobson Middle School (Capitol Hill Cluster) 88.2
Eliot-Hine Middle School 88
District of Columbia International School 86.4
BASIS DC PCS 85.7
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 83.3
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 80
John Francis Education Campus 70.6
Now Deal/Latin/Hardy/S-H/E-H are in a rounding error of each other. And are all measurably better than DCI/Basis/O-A.
Deal Middle School 93.9
Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper Middle School 91.3
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 91.1
Hardy Middle School 90.7
Stuart-Hobson Middle School (Capitol Hill Cluster) 88.2
Eliot-Hine Middle School 88
District of Columbia International School 86.4
BASIS DC PCS 85.7
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 83.3
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 80
John Francis Education Campus 70.6
Now Deal/Latin/Hardy/S-H/E-H are in a rounding error of each other. And are all measurably better than DCI/Basis/O-A.
Anonymous
08/21/2025 11:48
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Top 10 6th Grade Performance (English):
Deal Middle School 82.2
Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper Middle School 77.1
Hardy Middle School 76.9
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 75.9
BASIS DC PCS 75.6
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 74.2
District of Columbia International School 64.4
The Sojourner Truth School PCS 59.4
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan 56.5
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 55.1
Top 10 6th Grade Performance (Math):
Deal Middle School 77.4
Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper Middle School 63
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 61.3
BASIS DC PCS 60.2
Hardy Middle School 60.1
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 57.7
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 43.8
DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Middle School 41.4
Center City PCS - Brightwood 40.9
Center City PCS - Congress Heights 40.9
Deal >(big gap)> Hardy/Latin/Basis/O-A >(decent gap)> Rest
For feeders. Not as much difference between Deal and Hardy feeders (only since Stoddert outperforms almost all Deal feeders) .
Deal Middle School 82.2
Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper Middle School 77.1
Hardy Middle School 76.9
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 75.9
BASIS DC PCS 75.6
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 74.2
District of Columbia International School 64.4
The Sojourner Truth School PCS 59.4
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan 56.5
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 55.1
Top 10 6th Grade Performance (Math):
Deal Middle School 77.4
Washington Latin PCS - Anna Julia Cooper Middle School 63
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 61.3
BASIS DC PCS 60.2
Hardy Middle School 60.1
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 57.7
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 43.8
DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Middle School 41.4
Center City PCS - Brightwood 40.9
Center City PCS - Congress Heights 40.9
Deal >(big gap)> Hardy/Latin/Basis/O-A >(decent gap)> Rest
For feeders. Not as much difference between Deal and Hardy feeders (only since Stoddert outperforms almost all Deal feeders) .
Anonymous
08/21/2025 11:42
Subject: DC CAPE SCORES
Top 20 Schools Pass Rate in English:
School Without Walls High School 99
Benjamin Banneker High School 92.3
Ross Elementary School 83.8
Stoddert Elementary School 82.2
Deal Middle School 81.4
Janney Elementary School 81
Lafayette Elementary School 80.5
Washington Latin PCS - Upper School 80.1
BASIS DC PCS 77.9
Brent Elementary School 76.1
Mann Elementary School 75.5
School-Within-School @ Goding 74.8
McKinley Technology High School 74.7
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 74.5
Hearst Elementary School 74.1
Key Elementary School 73.8
Hardy Middle School 73.5
Maury Elementary School 73.3
Shepherd Elementary School 72.7
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 72.1
Pass Rate in Math (I think Excluding High Achieving Middle School Students)
Lafayette Elementary School 84.3
Janney Elementary School 83
Brent Elementary School 82.7
Ross Elementary School 79.7
Stoddert Elementary School 79.7
School-Within-School @ Goding 75.7
Hearst Elementary School 75.5
School Without Walls High School 75.3
Key Elementary School 74.6
Deal Middle School 71
Murch Elementary School 70.3
Maury Elementary School 69.3
Mann Elementary School 68.5
BASIS DC PCS 67.7
Eaton Elementary School 65.4
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 64.9
Hyde-Addison Elementary School 63.9
Shepherd Elementary School 62.7
Benjamin Banneker High School 60.9
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 58.4
Hardy Middle School 55.3
School Without Walls High School 99
Benjamin Banneker High School 92.3
Ross Elementary School 83.8
Stoddert Elementary School 82.2
Deal Middle School 81.4
Janney Elementary School 81
Lafayette Elementary School 80.5
Washington Latin PCS - Upper School 80.1
BASIS DC PCS 77.9
Brent Elementary School 76.1
Mann Elementary School 75.5
School-Within-School @ Goding 74.8
McKinley Technology High School 74.7
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 74.5
Hearst Elementary School 74.1
Key Elementary School 73.8
Hardy Middle School 73.5
Maury Elementary School 73.3
Shepherd Elementary School 72.7
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 72.1
Pass Rate in Math (I think Excluding High Achieving Middle School Students)
Lafayette Elementary School 84.3
Janney Elementary School 83
Brent Elementary School 82.7
Ross Elementary School 79.7
Stoddert Elementary School 79.7
School-Within-School @ Goding 75.7
Hearst Elementary School 75.5
School Without Walls High School 75.3
Key Elementary School 74.6
Deal Middle School 71
Murch Elementary School 70.3
Maury Elementary School 69.3
Mann Elementary School 68.5
BASIS DC PCS 67.7
Eaton Elementary School 65.4
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School 64.9
Hyde-Addison Elementary School 63.9
Shepherd Elementary School 62.7
Benjamin Banneker High School 60.9
Washington Latin PCS - Middle School 58.4
Hardy Middle School 55.3