we were excited about getting into EL Haynes, but scores this year...not so hot.

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Anonymous wrote:Really makes me wonder why more kids don't attempt Banneker.

Too many brown kids...be real. Not my opinion, but i've seen a lot of this on this site.

So much for the theory that the only way to improve scores is to attract "white/affluent" students and their "likley to be involved" parents.

True. Equally, so much for the theory (common in some education circles to pass the ball) that the only way to improve education is to end poverty.

Anonymous wrote:Here's the sad part: The number being reported is the percentage scoring "proficient" or above. The cut-off for proficient on the DC-CAS puts you at the 16th percentile nationwide. Basically, if your school isn't scoring 84% proficient or higher, it's below average for a US school. I count ten schools that meet that level.

Did you attend Capitol Hill Montessori with your math skills or taught math there?

If the cut-off for "proficient" is the equivalent of the 16th percentile nationwide and a school scores 34% proficient math - it means that 34% of the students are at the 16th percentile or above nationwide for math.

Not that you need 84% of the students to be proficient or above to beat the national avg. You cannot simple subtract 100%-16%=84%. Those numbers are talking about 2 entirely different things.

No really. wtf, Murch??

Anonymous wrote:Here's the sad part: The number being reported is the percentage scoring "proficient" or above. The cut-off for proficient on the DC-CAS puts you at the 16th percentile nationwide. Basically, if your school isn't scoring 84% proficient or higher, it's below average for a US school. I count ten schools that meet that level.

I'm so sick of hearing these kinds of comments. To be honest, what matters to my family is our child's personal experience. Can someone name one major urban city that does well system wide? Lastly, I have a friend who's sister just graduated top VA high school (with high 90s) scoring and is struggling in college with basic stuff...oh yeah she graduated top 10% of her class from IB program.

The testing grades in Cap City Lower school are 3rd & 4th. This year there was a mid-year teacher replacement in one 4th grade, and one of the 3rd grade classrooms was a disaster. Kids in charge. The teacher will not be returning next year.

Cap City MS was pretty good, and Cap City Upper School way exceeded my expectations

Wow - Capital City lower school tanked this year. Any ideas what's behind those much lower scores this year? My son is in K there and I'm second guessing my choice now.

^ I believe you, but where do these stats come from?

Here's the sad part: The number being reported is the percentage scoring "proficient" or above. The cut-off for proficient on the DC-CAS puts you at the 16th percentile nationwide. Basically, if your school isn't scoring 84% proficient or higher, it's below average for a US school. I count ten schools that meet that level.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't most Capitol Hill Montessori kids do grade level math when so few are FARMs?

CHM@L is, pound for pound, the worst performer on this list. There is no excuse for a school with those demographics (FARMs %) to score that poorly.

The elementary program did have a huge challenge this year because the lead teacher was on sick leave for essentially the entire year, but the even before that the math scores were nothing to write home about.

The lead teacher with 60 kids in her class? The bulk of whom are in testing grades? Maybe someone should have thought about that when they found a sub (or two or three to make the ratio better). Or maybe the leadership at CHM needs to step up.

In no way, shape or form am I saying the absence is a valid excuse and I agree wholeheartedly that the leadership whiffed on their substitution solution.

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't most Capitol Hill Montessori kids do grade level math when so few are FARMs?

CHM@L is, pound for pound, the worst performer on this list. There is no excuse for a school with those demographics (FARMs %) to score that poorly.

The elementary program did have a huge challenge this year because the lead teacher was on sick leave for essentially the entire year, but the even before that the math scores were nothing to write home about.

The lead teacher with 60 kids in her class? The bulk of whom are in testing grades? Maybe someone should have thought about that when they found a sub (or two or three to make the ratio better). Or maybe the leadership at CHM needs to step up.

Anonymous wrote:Really makes me wonder why more kids don't attempt Banneker.

Really? Do you really wonder?

Perhaps a certain school placement consultant should start recommending schools based on achievement instead of on "other factors".

Anonymous wrote:Why can't most Capitol Hill Montessori kids do grade level math when so few are FARMs?

CHM@L is, pound for pound, the worst performer on this list. There is no excuse for a school with those demographics (FARMs %) to score that poorly.

The elementary program did have a huge challenge this year because the lead teacher was on sick leave for essentially the entire year, but the even before that the math scores were nothing to write home about.

Anonymous wrote:BASIS - first year out - very, very impressive.

+1! Proud Basis parent here!

Hyde did very well. Good going, HA!