Anonymous
07/20/2024 16:30
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Good for your kid. It's a myth that kids need to stay at BASIS to accelerate in math. J-R and McKinley also offer BC Cal to 10th-12th graders.
JR let’s you take BC even in the 9th.
How many do that? Zero
More than zero.
lol
75% of J-R is BELOW grade in math.
The school can't even get a majority of its students to grade level in math.
The point was whether there are 9th graders who can take BC at JR. And there are. It doesn’t matter how many are below grade level.
As long as a kid has all prerequisite math courses on their transcript they can take BC as a 9th grader. I assume this goes for any DCPS high school.
This whole superficial advancement is not that great. Kids don’t have a solid foundation and then you rush them to advance more.
It’s much better to have a good foundation and go deeper for challenge than advancement. That is why when these kids from DCPS or charter go to private, they struggle or retake math they took in public.
Anonymous
07/20/2024 11:16
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Good for your kid. It's a myth that kids need to stay at BASIS to accelerate in math. J-R and McKinley also offer BC Cal to 10th-12th graders.
JR let’s you take BC even in the 9th.
How many do that? Zero
More than zero.
lol
75% of J-R is BELOW grade in math.
The school can't even get a majority of its students to grade level in math.
The point was whether there are 9th graders who can take BC at JR. And there are. It doesn’t matter how many are below grade level.
As long as a kid has all prerequisite math courses on their transcript they can take BC as a 9th grader. I assume this goes for any DCPS high school.
Anonymous
07/20/2024 03:21
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Good for your kid. It's a myth that kids need to stay at BASIS to accelerate in math. J-R and McKinley also offer BC Cal to 10th-12th graders.
JR let’s you take BC even in the 9th.
How many do that? Zero
More than zero.
lol
75% of J-R is BELOW grade in math.
The school can't even get a majority of its students to grade level in math.
The point was whether there are 9th graders who can take BC at JR. And there are. It doesn’t matter how many are below grade level.
Anonymous
07/19/2024 18:47
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Really? The Walls math teacher told me the above sequence isn't possible because the Alg/Geo/Alg2 BASIS credits don't fully transfer, and one of the classes has to be retaken. Did your kid get one of these credits to transfer over from somewhere else?
Your kid would have had to retake geometry in 9th at Walls to graduate.
Your kid would have to retake geometry at any DCPS school. It is a central office decision to not accept the geometry credit.
Anonymous
07/19/2024 18:45
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Really? The Walls math teacher told me the above sequence isn't possible because the Alg/Geo/Alg2 BASIS credits don't fully transfer, and one of the classes has to be retaken. Did your kid get one of these credits to transfer over from somewhere else?
So what did your kid take? Lots of Basis kids do Pre-Calc and Geometry freshmen year, AP Calc sophomore year, AP Stat junior year.
Anonymous
07/19/2024 18:41
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Really? The Walls math teacher told me the above sequence isn't possible because the Alg/Geo/Alg2 BASIS credits don't fully transfer, and one of the classes has to be retaken. Did your kid get one of these credits to transfer over from somewhere else?
Took 2 math classes this year. But later found out from counselor that we could have done a summer class ex: CTY to get the Geometry credit
Anonymous
07/19/2024 17:20
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Correct - if coming from basis dcps makes you repeat geometry; you can simultaneously take pre-calc as one of your electives in 9th. Very annoying since 9th grade geometry at walls is a total wasted class (my 9th graders least favorite class since so boring /repetetive). But that’s the hoop you must jump through to take calculus in 10th (coming from basis).
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Really? The Walls math teacher told me the above sequence isn't possible because the Alg/Geo/Alg2 BASIS credits don't fully transfer, and one of the classes has to be retaken. Did your kid get one of these credits to transfer over from somewhere else?
Your kid would have had to retake geometry in 9th at Walls to graduate.
Anonymous
07/19/2024 16:28
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Good for your kid. It's a myth that kids need to stay at BASIS to accelerate in math. J-R and McKinley also offer BC Cal to 10th-12th graders.
JR let’s you take BC even in the 9th.
How many do that? Zero
More than zero.
lol
75% of J-R is BELOW grade in math.
The school can't even get a majority of its students to grade level in math.
Anonymous
07/19/2024 16:09
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Good for your kid. It's a myth that kids need to stay at BASIS to accelerate in math. J-R and McKinley also offer BC Cal to 10th-12th graders.
JR let’s you take BC even in the 9th.
How many do that? Zero
More than zero.
Anonymous
07/19/2024 15:59
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Good for your kid. It's a myth that kids need to stay at BASIS to accelerate in math. J-R and McKinley also offer BC Cal to 10th-12th graders.
JR let’s you take BC even in the 9th.
How many do that? Zero
Anonymous
07/19/2024 15:58
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Really? The Walls math teacher told me the above sequence isn't possible because the Alg/Geo/Alg2 BASIS credits don't fully transfer, and one of the classes has to be retaken. Did your kid get one of these credits to transfer over from somewhere else?
Your kid would have had to retake geometry in 9th at Walls to graduate.
Anonymous
07/19/2024 15:17
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Really? The Walls math teacher told me the above sequence isn't possible because the Alg/Geo/Alg2 BASIS credits don't fully transfer, and one of the classes has to be retaken. Did your kid get one of these credits to transfer over from somewhere else?
Anonymous
07/19/2024 10:02
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Good for your kid. It's a myth that kids need to stay at BASIS to accelerate in math. J-R and McKinley also offer BC Cal to 10th-12th graders.
Plus the kid can take 4 semesters of real college level math (diff eq, analysis etc)
Anonymous
07/19/2024 09:55
Subject: basis math levels
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I wish it was absurd. The current tin-eared BASIS admins are the dregs.
Most my younger kid's friends won't be returning for 9th grade in the fall. This wasn't the case with my older kid. The departing students are some of the highest performers in the cohort, particularly for math.
But whitewash away if it makes you feel good.
Where are they going? I'm assuming not Walls if they are going somewhere for math.
We left basis after 8th, went to Walls. Took Pre Calc in 9th, taking BC Calc next year in 10th
Good for your kid. It's a myth that kids need to stay at BASIS to accelerate in math. J-R and McKinley also offer BC Cal to 10th-12th graders.
JR let’s you take BC even in the 9th.
Anonymous
07/19/2024 09:15
Subject: basis math levels
To be fair, traditionally, the tiny number of BASIS 8th graders who take AB Cal generally get 5s. But there are fewer now than 4 or 5 years ago.