Anonymous wrote:... Serious question -- can you tell me why private kids don't score high on the standardized tests? I know Blair and RM magnet kids score off the chart.

because of the texas sharpshooter fallacy

For every parent who is worried about too much emphasis on test scores, there is another parent who is complaining that their DC didn't get in despite having a test score that is 1 point higher than their neighbor who got in.

"It seems like everything was numbers based to get into the program, so I think there is more emphasis on test scores than developing the whole child."

Anonymous wrote:It seems like everything was numbers based to get into the program, so I think there is more emphasis on test scores than developing the whole child.

There's certainly more emphasis on test scores than on the whole child TO GET IN, but that doesn't mean that it's all about the test scores once you're in the program.

It seems like everything was numbers based to get into the program, so I think there is more emphasis on test scores than developing the whole child.

Anonymous wrote:

The thing that I'll miss most about the private is that they care about each and every student and no student fell through the cracks academically. At the magnet, I feel like it's going to be one big rat race. I hope I'm wrong.

Why do you think that?