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Anonymous wrote:It is mostly a numbers issue. Deal is a lot larger than Hardy.

Nope, not just numbers but also percentages. Deal much higher esp in math.

Even if 1/2 Hardy kids go to MA, most will not be high performers and small numbers that it won’t make a dent in the stats.

You’re just wrong. Over half of Hardy students chose MacArthur this year. I’m sorry that your doomsday predictions won’t come true. Perhaps you will need to find a new hobby

You obviously are full of BS and don’t know the data. I in contrast have looked at the data. Data doesn’t lie.

High performing kids above grade level.

Hardy 180 8th graders. If 90 went to MA
ELA 22% = 20 kids
Math 5% = 5 kids

Number above won’t make a dent in a school with over 600 kids or however many currently.

Deal 480 8th graders
ELA 41% = 197 kids
Math 19% = 91 kids

It has always been Deal that had significantly higher numbers and percentages of high performers and contributed the bulk of these cohort of kids to JR, not Hardy.

Your numbers are wrong.

For Hardy, 5s are 35% and 11%. So, correcting...
If 90 went to MA
ELA 35% = 32 kids
Math 11% = 10 kids

-- You are assuming all Deal 9th graders go to J-R? Wut?

-- You fail to count the non-Hardy high-scoring students going to Macarthur that are not from Hardy. Surely there are a few.

-- Future 9th graders at Macarthur don't need to 'make a dent' in the full 600 students at the school. The makeup of the current Sr and Jr classes is pretty irrelevant to them. What matters for them is the 200 students in their grade, with some impact from the grade ahead and behind.

Not sure where you are getting your data but mine is from DC report card.

If yours is a legitimate source and more recent then you also know the numbers at Deal and MA which you have not shared.

No, not really any significant high scoring, above grade level kids at MA, 5% in ELA and <1% in math.

I recognize your writing style. You seem to show up on all high-school focused threads. Every time your thesis is that there are no high performing students at any schools other than Walls and Jackson Reed.

I'm not sure what your angle is. Did your kids move? Are you angry that they got shut out of Walls? Are they years out from school but you are angry at the subjective admission standards?

Regardless, you have been proven incorrect over and over again. There are high scoring students at many schools in DC, not just at your chosen two. Please stop making us prove it over and over again. Ultimately, this is a good thing. Please try to find a way to accept it.

PS: If you want to argue data you really should look at the data directly on the spreadsheets you can find on the DCPS websites not get whatever DC Report Card line you're reading off of without quoting the actual test scores reflected.

Uh, no one on here said there is only high scoring students at Walls and JR.

Not sure where you are making this stuff up.

Feel free to post here the link where one can easily access data of all schools and compare ….

If you're saying you know data, you know where to find it.
Google the score you're looking for.

CAPE scores are here for 2025:
https://osse.dc.gov/assessmentresults2025
and here for earlier years (PARCC / CAPE):
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-parcc

SAT scores are here for earlier years:
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-sat

And I don't see them for 2025. Anyone have them?

The point is that you actually need to analyze the data not just look at a "report card."
That's a lazy cheat.

FYI, the report card is data. It is compiled by OSSE and SBOE. It takes all the data collected and groups it by levels into a concise percentage and graph. The latest data is 2023.

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Anonymous wrote:It is mostly a numbers issue. Deal is a lot larger than Hardy.

Nope, not just numbers but also percentages. Deal much higher esp in math.

Even if 1/2 Hardy kids go to MA, most will not be high performers and small numbers that it won’t make a dent in the stats.

You’re just wrong. Over half of Hardy students chose MacArthur this year. I’m sorry that your doomsday predictions won’t come true. Perhaps you will need to find a new hobby

You obviously are full of BS and don’t know the data. I in contrast have looked at the data. Data doesn’t lie.

High performing kids above grade level.

Hardy 180 8th graders. If 90 went to MA
ELA 22% = 20 kids
Math 5% = 5 kids

Number above won’t make a dent in a school with over 600 kids or however many currently.

Deal 480 8th graders
ELA 41% = 197 kids
Math 19% = 91 kids

It has always been Deal that had significantly higher numbers and percentages of high performers and contributed the bulk of these cohort of kids to JR, not Hardy.

Your numbers are wrong.

For Hardy, 5s are 35% and 11%. So, correcting...
If 90 went to MA
ELA 35% = 32 kids
Math 11% = 10 kids

-- You are assuming all Deal 9th graders go to J-R? Wut?

-- You fail to count the non-Hardy high-scoring students going to Macarthur that are not from Hardy. Surely there are a few.

-- Future 9th graders at Macarthur don't need to 'make a dent' in the full 600 students at the school. The makeup of the current Sr and Jr classes is pretty irrelevant to them. What matters for them is the 200 students in their grade, with some impact from the grade ahead and behind.

Not sure where you are getting your data but mine is from DC report card.

If yours is a legitimate source and more recent then you also know the numbers at Deal and MA which you have not shared.

No, not really any significant high scoring, above grade level kids at MA, 5% in ELA and <1% in math.

I recognize your writing style. You seem to show up on all high-school focused threads. Every time your thesis is that there are no high performing students at any schools other than Walls and Jackson Reed.

I'm not sure what your angle is. Did your kids move? Are you angry that they got shut out of Walls? Are they years out from school but you are angry at the subjective admission standards?

Regardless, you have been proven incorrect over and over again. There are high scoring students at many schools in DC, not just at your chosen two. Please stop making us prove it over and over again. Ultimately, this is a good thing. Please try to find a way to accept it.

PS: If you want to argue data you really should look at the data directly on the spreadsheets you can find on the DCPS websites not get whatever DC Report Card line you're reading off of without quoting the actual test scores reflected.

Uh, no one on here said there is only high scoring students at Walls and JR.

Not sure where you are making this stuff up.

Feel free to post here the link where one can easily access data of all schools and compare ….

If you're saying you know data, you know where to find it.
Google the score you're looking for.

CAPE scores are here for 2025:
https://osse.dc.gov/assessmentresults2025
and here for earlier years (PARCC / CAPE):
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-parcc

SAT scores are here for earlier years:
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-sat

And I don't see them for 2025. Anyone have them?

The point is that you actually need to analyze the data not just look at a "report card."
That's a lazy cheat.

You have it backwards. The links above to CAPE is just raw data. The spreadsheet is also not very good. Headings are cut off, etc..

The DC school report actually analyzes the data for you.

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Anonymous wrote:It is mostly a numbers issue. Deal is a lot larger than Hardy.

Nope, not just numbers but also percentages. Deal much higher esp in math.

Even if 1/2 Hardy kids go to MA, most will not be high performers and small numbers that it won’t make a dent in the stats.

You’re just wrong. Over half of Hardy students chose MacArthur this year. I’m sorry that your doomsday predictions won’t come true. Perhaps you will need to find a new hobby

You obviously are full of BS and don’t know the data. I in contrast have looked at the data. Data doesn’t lie.

High performing kids above grade level.

Hardy 180 8th graders. If 90 went to MA
ELA 22% = 20 kids
Math 5% = 5 kids

Number above won’t make a dent in a school with over 600 kids or however many currently.

Deal 480 8th graders
ELA 41% = 197 kids
Math 19% = 91 kids

It has always been Deal that had significantly higher numbers and percentages of high performers and contributed the bulk of these cohort of kids to JR, not Hardy.

Your numbers are wrong.

For Hardy, 5s are 35% and 11%. So, correcting...
If 90 went to MA
ELA 35% = 32 kids
Math 11% = 10 kids

-- You are assuming all Deal 9th graders go to J-R? Wut?

-- You fail to count the non-Hardy high-scoring students going to Macarthur that are not from Hardy. Surely there are a few.

-- Future 9th graders at Macarthur don't need to 'make a dent' in the full 600 students at the school. The makeup of the current Sr and Jr classes is pretty irrelevant to them. What matters for them is the 200 students in their grade, with some impact from the grade ahead and behind.

Not sure where you are getting your data but mine is from DC report card.

If yours is a legitimate source and more recent then you also know the numbers at Deal and MA which you have not shared.

No, not really any significant high scoring, above grade level kids at MA, 5% in ELA and <1% in math.

I recognize your writing style. You seem to show up on all high-school focused threads. Every time your thesis is that there are no high performing students at any schools other than Walls and Jackson Reed.

I'm not sure what your angle is. Did your kids move? Are you angry that they got shut out of Walls? Are they years out from school but you are angry at the subjective admission standards?

Regardless, you have been proven incorrect over and over again. There are high scoring students at many schools in DC, not just at your chosen two. Please stop making us prove it over and over again. Ultimately, this is a good thing. Please try to find a way to accept it.

PS: If you want to argue data you really should look at the data directly on the spreadsheets you can find on the DCPS websites not get whatever DC Report Card line you're reading off of without quoting the actual test scores reflected.

Uh, no one on here said there is only high scoring students at Walls and JR.

Not sure where you are making this stuff up.

Feel free to post here the link where one can easily access data of all schools and compare ….

If you're saying you know data, you know where to find it.
Google the score you're looking for.

CAPE scores are here for 2025:
https://osse.dc.gov/assessmentresults2025
and here for earlier years (PARCC / CAPE):
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-parcc

SAT scores are here for earlier years:
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-sat

And I don't see them for 2025. Anyone have them?

The point is that you actually need to analyze the data not just look at a "report card."
That's a lazy cheat.

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Anonymous wrote:It is mostly a numbers issue. Deal is a lot larger than Hardy.

Nope, not just numbers but also percentages. Deal much higher esp in math.

Even if 1/2 Hardy kids go to MA, most will not be high performers and small numbers that it won’t make a dent in the stats.

You’re just wrong. Over half of Hardy students chose MacArthur this year. I’m sorry that your doomsday predictions won’t come true. Perhaps you will need to find a new hobby

You obviously are full of BS and don’t know the data. I in contrast have looked at the data. Data doesn’t lie.

High performing kids above grade level.

Hardy 180 8th graders. If 90 went to MA
ELA 22% = 20 kids
Math 5% = 5 kids

Number above won’t make a dent in a school with over 600 kids or however many currently.

Deal 480 8th graders
ELA 41% = 197 kids
Math 19% = 91 kids

It has always been Deal that had significantly higher numbers and percentages of high performers and contributed the bulk of these cohort of kids to JR, not Hardy.

Your numbers are wrong.

For Hardy, 5s are 35% and 11%. So, correcting...
If 90 went to MA
ELA 35% = 32 kids
Math 11% = 10 kids

-- You are assuming all Deal 9th graders go to J-R? Wut?

-- You fail to count the non-Hardy high-scoring students going to Macarthur that are not from Hardy. Surely there are a few.

-- Future 9th graders at Macarthur don't need to 'make a dent' in the full 600 students at the school. The makeup of the current Sr and Jr classes is pretty irrelevant to them. What matters for them is the 200 students in their grade, with some impact from the grade ahead and behind.

Not sure where you are getting your data but mine is from DC report card.

If yours is a legitimate source and more recent then you also know the numbers at Deal and MA which you have not shared.

No, not really any significant high scoring, above grade level kids at MA, 5% in ELA and <1% in math.

I recognize your writing style. You seem to show up on all high-school focused threads. Every time your thesis is that there are no high performing students at any schools other than Walls and Jackson Reed.

I'm not sure what your angle is. Did your kids move? Are you angry that they got shut out of Walls? Are they years out from school but you are angry at the subjective admission standards?

Regardless, you have been proven incorrect over and over again. There are high scoring students at many schools in DC, not just at your chosen two. Please stop making us prove it over and over again. Ultimately, this is a good thing. Please try to find a way to accept it.

PS: If you want to argue data you really should look at the data directly on the spreadsheets you can find on the DCPS websites not get whatever DC Report Card line you're reading off of without quoting the actual test scores reflected.

Uh, no one on here said there is only high scoring students at Walls and JR.

Not sure where you are making this stuff up.

Feel free to post here the link where one can easily access data of all schools and compare ….

If you're saying you know data, you know where to find it.
Google the score you're looking for.

CAPE scores are here for 2025:
https://osse.dc.gov/assessmentresults2025
and here for earlier years (PARCC / CAPE):
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-parcc

SAT scores are here for earlier years:
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-sat

And I don't see them for 2025. Anyone have them?

The point is that you actually need to analyze the data not just look at a "report card."
That's a lazy cheat.

FYI, the report card is data. It is compiled by OSSE and SBOE. It takes all the data collected and groups it by levels into a concise percentage and graph. The latest data is 2023.

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Anonymous wrote:It is mostly a numbers issue. Deal is a lot larger than Hardy.

Nope, not just numbers but also percentages. Deal much higher esp in math.

Even if 1/2 Hardy kids go to MA, most will not be high performers and small numbers that it won’t make a dent in the stats.

You’re just wrong. Over half of Hardy students chose MacArthur this year. I’m sorry that your doomsday predictions won’t come true. Perhaps you will need to find a new hobby

You obviously are full of BS and don’t know the data. I in contrast have looked at the data. Data doesn’t lie.

High performing kids above grade level.

Hardy 180 8th graders. If 90 went to MA
ELA 22% = 20 kids
Math 5% = 5 kids

Number above won’t make a dent in a school with over 600 kids or however many currently.

Deal 480 8th graders
ELA 41% = 197 kids
Math 19% = 91 kids

It has always been Deal that had significantly higher numbers and percentages of high performers and contributed the bulk of these cohort of kids to JR, not Hardy.

Your numbers are wrong.

For Hardy, 5s are 35% and 11%. So, correcting...
If 90 went to MA
ELA 35% = 32 kids
Math 11% = 10 kids

-- You are assuming all Deal 9th graders go to J-R? Wut?

-- You fail to count the non-Hardy high-scoring students going to Macarthur that are not from Hardy. Surely there are a few.

-- Future 9th graders at Macarthur don't need to 'make a dent' in the full 600 students at the school. The makeup of the current Sr and Jr classes is pretty irrelevant to them. What matters for them is the 200 students in their grade, with some impact from the grade ahead and behind.

Not sure where you are getting your data but mine is from DC report card.

If yours is a legitimate source and more recent then you also know the numbers at Deal and MA which you have not shared.

No, not really any significant high scoring, above grade level kids at MA, 5% in ELA and <1% in math.

I recognize your writing style. You seem to show up on all high-school focused threads. Every time your thesis is that there are no high performing students at any schools other than Walls and Jackson Reed.

I'm not sure what your angle is. Did your kids move? Are you angry that they got shut out of Walls? Are they years out from school but you are angry at the subjective admission standards?

Regardless, you have been proven incorrect over and over again. There are high scoring students at many schools in DC, not just at your chosen two. Please stop making us prove it over and over again. Ultimately, this is a good thing. Please try to find a way to accept it.

PS: If you want to argue data you really should look at the data directly on the spreadsheets you can find on the DCPS websites not get whatever DC Report Card line you're reading off of without quoting the actual test scores reflected.

Uh, no one on here said there is only high scoring students at Walls and JR.

Not sure where you are making this stuff up.

Feel free to post here the link where one can easily access data of all schools and compare ….

If you're saying you know data, you know where to find it.
Google the score you're looking for.

CAPE scores are here for 2025:
https://osse.dc.gov/assessmentresults2025
and here for earlier years (PARCC / CAPE):
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-parcc

SAT scores are here for earlier years:
https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/dcps-data-set-sat

And I don't see them for 2025. Anyone have them?

The point is that you actually need to analyze the data not just look at a "report card."
That's a lazy cheat.

Anonymous wrote:Just came here to say that the theater program will start next year as they will be hiring a drama teacher. Currently music program uses the fantastic black box theater the school already has. Ask the school for more info on this and they will be happy to share more details.

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Anonymous wrote:It is mostly a numbers issue. Deal is a lot larger than Hardy.

Nope, not just numbers but also percentages. Deal much higher esp in math.

Even if 1/2 Hardy kids go to MA, most will not be high performers and small numbers that it won’t make a dent in the stats.

You’re just wrong. Over half of Hardy students chose MacArthur this year. I’m sorry that your doomsday predictions won’t come true. Perhaps you will need to find a new hobby

You obviously are full of BS and don’t know the data. I in contrast have looked at the data. Data doesn’t lie.

High performing kids above grade level.

Hardy 180 8th graders. If 90 went to MA
ELA 22% = 20 kids
Math 5% = 5 kids

Number above won’t make a dent in a school with over 600 kids or however many currently.

Deal 480 8th graders
ELA 41% = 197 kids
Math 19% = 91 kids

It has always been Deal that had significantly higher numbers and percentages of high performers and contributed the bulk of these cohort of kids to JR, not Hardy.

Your numbers are wrong.

For Hardy, 5s are 35% and 11%. So, correcting...
If 90 went to MA
ELA 35% = 32 kids
Math 11% = 10 kids

-- You are assuming all Deal 9th graders go to J-R? Wut?

-- You fail to count the non-Hardy high-scoring students going to Macarthur that are not from Hardy. Surely there are a few.

-- Future 9th graders at Macarthur don't need to 'make a dent' in the full 600 students at the school. The makeup of the current Sr and Jr classes is pretty irrelevant to them. What matters for them is the 200 students in their grade, with some impact from the grade ahead and behind.

Not sure where you are getting your data but mine is from DC report card.

If yours is a legitimate source and more recent then you also know the numbers at Deal and MA which you have not shared.

No, not really any significant high scoring, above grade level kids at MA, 5% in ELA and <1% in math.

I recognize your writing style. You seem to show up on all high-school focused threads. Every time your thesis is that there are no high performing students at any schools other than Walls and Jackson Reed.

I'm not sure what your angle is. Did your kids move? Are you angry that they got shut out of Walls? Are they years out from school but you are angry at the subjective admission standards?

Regardless, you have been proven incorrect over and over again. There are high scoring students at many schools in DC, not just at your chosen two. Please stop making us prove it over and over again. Ultimately, this is a good thing. Please try to find a way to accept it.

PS: If you want to argue data you really should look at the data directly on the spreadsheets you can find on the DCPS websites not get whatever DC Report Card line you're reading off of without quoting the actual test scores reflected.

Uh, no one on here said there is only high scoring students at Walls and JR.

Not sure where you are making this stuff up.

Feel free to post here the link where one can easily access data of all schools and compare ….

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Anonymous wrote:It is mostly a numbers issue. Deal is a lot larger than Hardy.

Nope, not just numbers but also percentages. Deal much higher esp in math.

Even if 1/2 Hardy kids go to MA, most will not be high performers and small numbers that it won’t make a dent in the stats.

You’re just wrong. Over half of Hardy students chose MacArthur this year. I’m sorry that your doomsday predictions won’t come true. Perhaps you will need to find a new hobby

You obviously are full of BS and don’t know the data. I in contrast have looked at the data. Data doesn’t lie.

High performing kids above grade level.

Hardy 180 8th graders. If 90 went to MA
ELA 22% = 20 kids
Math 5% = 5 kids

Number above won’t make a dent in a school with over 600 kids or however many currently.

Deal 480 8th graders
ELA 41% = 197 kids
Math 19% = 91 kids

It has always been Deal that had significantly higher numbers and percentages of high performers and contributed the bulk of these cohort of kids to JR, not Hardy.

Your numbers are wrong.

For Hardy, 5s are 35% and 11%. So, correcting...
If 90 went to MA
ELA 35% = 32 kids
Math 11% = 10 kids

-- You are assuming all Deal 9th graders go to J-R? Wut?

-- You fail to count the non-Hardy high-scoring students going to Macarthur that are not from Hardy. Surely there are a few.

-- Future 9th graders at Macarthur don't need to 'make a dent' in the full 600 students at the school. The makeup of the current Sr and Jr classes is pretty irrelevant to them. What matters for them is the 200 students in their grade, with some impact from the grade ahead and behind.

Not sure where you are getting your data but mine is from DC report card.

If yours is a legitimate source and more recent then you also know the numbers at Deal and MA which you have not shared.

No, not really any significant high scoring, above grade level kids at MA, 5% in ELA and <1% in math.

I recognize your writing style. You seem to show up on all high-school focused threads. Every time your thesis is that there are no high performing students at any schools other than Walls and Jackson Reed.

I'm not sure what your angle is. Did your kids move? Are you angry that they got shut out of Walls? Are they years out from school but you are angry at the subjective admission standards?

Regardless, you have been proven incorrect over and over again. There are high scoring students at many schools in DC, not just at your chosen two. Please stop making us prove it over and over again. Ultimately, this is a good thing. Please try to find a way to accept it.

PS: If you want to argue data you really should look at the data directly on the spreadsheets you can find on the DCPS websites not get whatever DC Report Card line you're reading off of without quoting the actual test scores reflected.

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Anonymous wrote:It is mostly a numbers issue. Deal is a lot larger than Hardy.

Nope, not just numbers but also percentages. Deal much higher esp in math.

Even if 1/2 Hardy kids go to MA, most will not be high performers and small numbers that it won’t make a dent in the stats.

You’re just wrong. Over half of Hardy students chose MacArthur this year. I’m sorry that your doomsday predictions won’t come true. Perhaps you will need to find a new hobby

You obviously are full of BS and don’t know the data. I in contrast have looked at the data. Data doesn’t lie.

High performing kids above grade level.

Hardy 180 8th graders. If 90 went to MA
ELA 22% = 20 kids
Math 5% = 5 kids

Number above won’t make a dent in a school with over 600 kids or however many currently.

Deal 480 8th graders
ELA 41% = 197 kids
Math 19% = 91 kids

It has always been Deal that had significantly higher numbers and percentages of high performers and contributed the bulk of these cohort of kids to JR, not Hardy.

Your numbers are wrong.

For Hardy, 5s are 35% and 11%. So, correcting...
If 90 went to MA
ELA 35% = 32 kids
Math 11% = 10 kids

-- You are assuming all Deal 9th graders go to J-R? Wut?

-- You fail to count the non-Hardy high-scoring students going to Macarthur that are not from Hardy. Surely there are a few.

-- Future 9th graders at Macarthur don't need to 'make a dent' in the full 600 students at the school. The makeup of the current Sr and Jr classes is pretty irrelevant to them. What matters for them is the 200 students in their grade, with some impact from the grade ahead and behind.

Not sure where you are getting your data but mine is from DC report card.

If yours is a legitimate source and more recent then you also know the numbers at Deal and MA which you have not shared.

No, not really any significant high scoring, above grade level kids at MA, 5% in ELA and <1% in math.

I recognize your writing style. You seem to show up on all high-school focused threads. Every time your thesis is that there are no high performing students at any schools other than Walls and Jackson Reed.

I'm not sure what your angle is. Did your kids move? Are you angry that they got shut out of Walls? Are they years out from school but you are angry at the subjective admission standards?

Regardless, you have been proven incorrect over and over again. There are high scoring students at many schools in DC, not just at your chosen two. Please stop making us prove it over and over again. Ultimately, this is a good thing. Please try to find a way to accept it.

PS: If you want to argue data you really should look at the data directly on the spreadsheets you can find on the DCPS websites not get whatever DC Report Card line you're reading off of without quoting the actual test scores reflected.

Anonymous wrote:I dunno, seems not that complicated to deduce when Hardy 4.0s are not getting Walls interviews, Banneker is a long commute, and Ellington requires auditions.

Anonymous wrote:Just came here to say that the theater program will start next year as they will be hiring a drama teacher. Currently music program uses the fantastic black box theater the school already has. Ask the school for more info on this and they will be happy to share more details.

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Anonymous wrote:It is mostly a numbers issue. Deal is a lot larger than Hardy.

Nope, not just numbers but also percentages. Deal much higher esp in math.

Even if 1/2 Hardy kids go to MA, most will not be high performers and small numbers that it won’t make a dent in the stats.

You’re just wrong. Over half of Hardy students chose MacArthur this year. I’m sorry that your doomsday predictions won’t come true. Perhaps you will need to find a new hobby

You obviously are full of BS and don’t know the data. I in contrast have looked at the data. Data doesn’t lie.

High performing kids above grade level.

Hardy 180 8th graders. If 90 went to MA
ELA 22% = 20 kids
Math 5% = 5 kids

Number above won’t make a dent in a school with over 600 kids or however many currently.

Deal 480 8th graders
ELA 41% = 197 kids
Math 19% = 91 kids

It has always been Deal that had significantly higher numbers and percentages of high performers and contributed the bulk of these cohort of kids to JR, not Hardy.

Your numbers are wrong.

For Hardy, 5s are 35% and 11%. So, correcting...
If 90 went to MA
ELA 35% = 32 kids
Math 11% = 10 kids

-- You are assuming all Deal 9th graders go to J-R? Wut?

-- You fail to count the non-Hardy high-scoring students going to Macarthur that are not from Hardy. Surely there are a few.

-- Future 9th graders at Macarthur don't need to 'make a dent' in the full 600 students at the school. The makeup of the current Sr and Jr classes is pretty irrelevant to them. What matters for them is the 200 students in their grade, with some impact from the grade ahead and behind.

Not sure where you are getting your data but mine is from DC report card.

If yours is a legitimate source and more recent then you also know the numbers at Deal and MA which you have not shared.

No, not really any significant high scoring, above grade level kids at MA, 5% in ELA and <1% in math.

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Anonymous wrote:I truly do not understand the people trashing MacArthur here.

Are you neighborhood people trying to keep kids away? I promise you, your best shot at making this a school that is palatable to you is to make it so attractive to Hardy families that it becomes stacked in bound only families like JR.

Are you JR/Deal families that want to maintain the image of supremacy (while also complaining about overcrowding)?

The best case scenario for the whole city but especially any family that has an existing path into either JR or Mac is to lift up Mac so that it is comparable to JR. They will not be exactly the same. Macarthur Blvd won't turn into Tenley at any rapid pace, JR will have established sports programs (which is not all upsides when your kid doesn't make the team) while Mac builds theirs out, etc etc but they will be comparable in terms of what I do believe is a legitimate concern of people on this forum--that an upper middle class kid can be in a cohort of kids getting a decent education that prepares them for college and life.

No one is trashing the school. But if you are going to make subjective or false statements, be ready to be countered with data. It’s all there.

That exactly the point - the data is NOT ALL THERE. Your data is based on the first two years of the school. The two years that did not have a dedicated Hardy feed and also that did not have a full enrollment, but only a few grades, and also did not have the campus fully constructed… Of COURSE IB parents with other options did not choose it in large numbers… only a couple dozen or so for those first first couple of years. But guess what? That is over now. The school is now pulling over 50% of Hardy graduates in just the first year of the dedicated feed and is on track to pull just as many this year and in the future.

So please, stop your masquerade about “not trashing” - it’s limp and lame. You clearly have an agenda against the success of this school. It’s weird, but it’s plain to see.

On the other hand, to counter, you also can’t make assumptions without data. Period.

You use what you have to compare and right now, it is from OSEE. If someone wants to provide accurate data now about MÁ stats, feel free. Highly doubt it has changed significantly.

Doubt it based on what? You just said there is limited data.

And despite your "Period.", you absolutely can make assumptions without data. You make inferences about the future from what information you have.

It makes a lot more sense to forecast Macarthur based on current Hardy than past Macarthur. It's stupid to claim that the only relevant data is data we all know to be only semi-relevant.

It is obvious that you don’t have a STEM background because if you did, you would understand statistics and you would know that there is no way things are going to change with any significance in 1-2 years from the data from OSSE where only 5% kids above grade level in ELA and <1% in math.

As to inferences about the future, you don’t have the factual data on how many high performing kids actually went to MA this year. It could be 0 especially since so many did not track to MA. So you can’t make accurate assumptions at all.

Try taking a course in statistics before you call anyone stupid.

Ha! I'll duel you in math anytime.

But I'm more intrigued on why you are so incensed by the idea that Macarthur is likely to end up with a decent cohort of smart kids.