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I'm curious where folks are getting the statistic that DC is the lowest-ranking school district in the US. I'm not finding that with a quick Google search, and I'm wondering if people are erroneously comparing DC (a single district) to the 50 states (which contain multiple districts.) I've not heard of studies that directly compare all school districts in the country, and I'm skeptical that DC would rank last in all metrics among all districts. Especially because our primary method for ranking districts (academic mastery on standardized tests) varies by the choice of test used in each state.

On another note, I don't think it's fair to compare Deal or Wilson to a "mediocre suburban school." Both schools have tremendous diversity, racially and socio-economically, which are difficult-to-measure benefits that many suburban schools can't deliver.

by SchoolWatcher on Jul 17, 2012 4:45 pm • link • report

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