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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.

New poster here. Agree but it doesn't matter what you say about Banneker, a lot of white middle and upper income people just won't even give it a look. Their loss.

Anonymous wrote:I hadn't heard of PARCC before - how will this work: replace DC CAS? Will charters take the PARCC also?

Yes and yes.

I hadn't heard of PARCC before - how will this work: replace DC CAS? Will charters take the PARCC also?

Full article in EdWeek. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2013/07/district_of_columbia_schools_p.html

City and education officials hailed the steady trajectory of growth seen over the past six years in the District of Columbia schools, and credited the progress to an array of changes—a new teacher-evaluation system, an almost complete turnover in the principal ranks, and more city resources sunk into classrooms to support teachers and students—that stem from the radical change in governance that put the mayor in charge of the system.

Still, it's important to note that the standards, curriculum, and the tests changed during that period, raising questions about how comparable results from 2012 and 2013 are with prior years.

But Chancellor Henderson said that since students' record performance this year was on a test that is more difficult than the old DC CAS, the progress can't really be in doubt.

"The test, I think, has not gotten easier," she said in an interview with Education Week. "The fact that more students are meeting the floor level of proficiency, fewer students are below basic and more students are at advanced than ever before provides an indication that we are going in the right direction, so that even with a more difficult exam or an exam more aligned to the common-core standards, we are showing progress."

She also said that while she does worry about what scores will look like when District of Columbia students take the new common assessments designed by the PARCC consortium of states in 2015, the district's early move to common-core implementation should help students and teachers be prepared.

"It doesn't mean we are going to ace [the new tests], but it doesn't mean we are necessarily going to tank them either," she said. "By exposing our young people as early as possible and our educators to the rigor and content of the common core, we we can be prepared as best as possible."

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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.

It's not the only way. But systemic poverty creates perpetual inequality. Especially in a district where PTA wealth makes a huge difference in staffing and school amenities.

The public funding per student in DC is higher than most states - including those that perform better. So, please forget that PTA excuse. The resources are there. The question is how they are spent so they result in educational outcomes.

This is misleading at best for a number of reasons, including the high percentage of SpEd students who are sent to expensive out-of-state placements in order to satisfy IEP requirements.

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

Did you expect any differently?? They are providing a rigorous curriculum which is what so many ppl in this area want, so of course they would do well. Students that are up for the challenge are enrolled at the school. I've said it before, they will be the top MS and HS (as far as scores on DCCAS) in the district in about 2 years, if not before.

Creative Minds only went up to 2nd grade.

Anonymous wrote:Creative Minds didn't have a third grade, did they? That is why they're not there.

Correct, MV as well.

Creative Minds didn't have a third grade, did they? That is why they're not there.

why is creative minds not here?

Where do I find the demographic breakdown for charters?

Bet Ross will be majority white this year. Once the tipping point is reached, middle class kids steam in and the majority of these are white.

2012/13 data:

Black: 25%
 Hispanic/Latino: 13%
 White: 47%
 Asian: 6%
 Pacific/Hawaiian: 0%
 Native/Alaskan: 0%
 Multiple races: 8%

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Anonymous wrote:Is there ANY EoP DCPS or charter school with a non-Hispanic White majority? No. That includes SWW.

There are only six schools in DCPS that are majority white - Janney, Key, Lafayette, Mann, Murch and Stoddert -- and they are all elementary schools.

No, seven. Brent is also majority white.

Correct - from DCPS website (for Brent):

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
(2012-13)
Enrollment: 358

Black: 22%
Hispanic/Latino: 8%
White: 64%
Asian: 2%
Pacific/Hawaiian: 0%
Native/Alaskan: 0%
Multiple races: 5%

Ok, at least eight, including School within School:

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
(2012-13)

Enrollment: 126
Black: 17%
Hispanic/Latino: 6%
White: 68%
Asian: 8%
Pacific/Hawaiian: 0%
Native/Alaskan: 0%
Multiple races: 1%

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Doesn't the 84% include proficient and advanced?

Correct.

Anonymous wrote:Is there ANY EoP DCPS or charter school with a non-Hispanic White majority? No. That includes SWW.

Well, yeah. SWS, I'm sorry to say. Thought that might not last.