2011 API scores are out

[sdrealtor]

BG
Do you really beleive that all kids arrive at 10th grade or even 7th grade evenly prepared? Only an idiot would think the elementary scores are used for college admissions and we are not idiots here. What they are is an indicator of the quality of students your child will be surrounded by. The competitive landscape so to speak. A student surrounded by top performers is more likely to be motivated and the teachers are less likely to have to dumb down the curriculumn to the lower performers. That is the biggest reason for searching out top performing schools. If you want to play in the big leagues of life you need to be prepared to compete at every level.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal]Did you exclude charter schools (which are still public.)?

Some SD Unified Charter schools scored very well:
Preuss: 899
San Diego International Studies: 873
Kearny International Business: 860

I know Preuss limits who can attend based on meeting demographic statistical needs. But I’m pretty sure that any student can apply to go to San Diego HS or Kearny.

I see Beatrix already mentioned her daughter’s school.[/quote]

Thanks, UCGal. I did not include Preuss because it is primarily VEEP and also application only.

I will check out Kearny. I know this school went from a low-scoring HS/adult education/GED center to a “niche school.” If the Int’l Business program is the only program it has, then this school should have made it into the top 12, even though it likely draws its business program students from all over the City.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal]Did you exclude charter schools (which are still public.)?

Some SD Unified Charter schools scored very well:
Preuss: 899
San Diego International Studies: 873
Kearny International Business: 860

I know Preuss limits who can attend based on meeting demographic statistical needs. But I’m pretty sure that any student can apply to go to San Diego HS or Kearny.

I see Beatrix already mentioned her daughter’s school.[/quote]

Thanks, UCGal. I did not include Preuss because it is primarily VEEP and also application only.

I will check out Kearny. I know this school went from a low-scoring HS/adult education/GED center to a “niche school.” If the Int’l Business program is the only program it has, then this school should have made it into the top 12, even though it likely draws its business program students from all over the City.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal]Did you exclude charter schools (which are still public.)?

Some SD Unified Charter schools scored very well:
Preuss: 899
San Diego International Studies: 873
Kearny International Business: 860

I know Preuss limits who can attend based on meeting demographic statistical needs. But I’m pretty sure that any student can apply to go to San Diego HS or Kearny.

I see Beatrix already mentioned her daughter’s school.[/quote]

Thanks, UCGal. I did not include Preuss because it is primarily VEEP and also application only.

I will check out Kearny. I know this school went from a low-scoring HS/adult education/GED center to a “niche school.” If the Int’l Business program is the only program it has, then this school should have made it into the top 12, even though it likely draws its business program students from all over the City.

[UCGal]

[quote=bearishgurl]
Perhaps SDHS does not have a collective API score this year because it has divided up into these smaller “niche” schools.[/quote]

This happened a few years back. It’s got 6 schools within the overall school old San Diego HS, and has since 2004.

School of Business (664)
School of Communications (544)
School of International Studies (873)
School of LEADS (663)
School of Science and Technology (729)
School of The Arts (629)

Obviously the International Studies one stands out from a test performance point of view.

[UCGal]

[quote=bearishgurl]
Perhaps SDHS does not have a collective API score this year because it has divided up into these smaller “niche” schools.[/quote]

This happened a few years back. It’s got 6 schools within the overall school old San Diego HS, and has since 2004.

School of Business (664)
School of Communications (544)
School of International Studies (873)
School of LEADS (663)
School of Science and Technology (729)
School of The Arts (629)

Obviously the International Studies one stands out from a test performance point of view.

[UCGal]

[quote=bearishgurl]
Perhaps SDHS does not have a collective API score this year because it has divided up into these smaller “niche” schools.[/quote]

This happened a few years back. It’s got 6 schools within the overall school old San Diego HS, and has since 2004.

School of Business (664)
School of Communications (544)
School of International Studies (873)
School of LEADS (663)
School of Science and Technology (729)
School of The Arts (629)

Obviously the International Studies one stands out from a test performance point of view.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG
Do you really beleive that all kids arrive at 10th grade or even 7th grade evenly prepared? Only an idiot would think the elementary scores are used for college admissions and we are not idiots here. What they are is an indicator of the quality of students your child will be surrounded by. The competitive landscape so to speak. A student surrounded by top performers is more likely to be motivated and the teachers are less likely to have to dumb down the curriculumn to the lower performers. That is the biggest reason for searching out top performing schools. If you want to play in the big leagues of life you need to be prepared to compete at every level.[/quote]

sdr, curriculumns (sic) aren’t “dumbed down” in elem schools scoring below 900. Children are placed in classes according to their abilities in EVERY school. Many parents don’t wish their kids to be surrounded by multitudes of “helicopter parents” (mostly “soccer moms” with nothing better to do) constantly attempting to disrupt the teaching going on in there with their own personal agendas, as in many “900+ scoring” elem schools.

Social and economic class has nothing to do with the “quality” of a child … either as a student or a friend/human being.

You seem to be getting worked up here about your “perceived social class level” of the classmates of your children. When all is said and done, these “classmates” will not have had any part in how well your child performed in elem school.

Even when newly-minted HS graduates move their tassels from one side of their mortar boards to the other, they all say goodbye to each other and each goes their separate ways.

TEACHERS can make a HUGE difference in a student’s performance but their classmates are just a distraction to a kid during school hours. Too many “other student-friends” in your child’s life will simply end up as another notch on their Facebook walls.

You would be surprised how many of the girls with the highest grades and/or whose families have the most $ end up marrying a sailor right out of HS due to pregnancy …. yes, even today. And how many of the upper MC or “rich” boys join the military right out of HS or decide to travel cross-country for a couple of years in a 1968 VW Van before enrolling in college.

I sincerely hope your kids never disappoint you and only “mingle” with what you consider to be “quality” children along their respective paths in life, sdr.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG
Do you really beleive that all kids arrive at 10th grade or even 7th grade evenly prepared? Only an idiot would think the elementary scores are used for college admissions and we are not idiots here. What they are is an indicator of the quality of students your child will be surrounded by. The competitive landscape so to speak. A student surrounded by top performers is more likely to be motivated and the teachers are less likely to have to dumb down the curriculumn to the lower performers. That is the biggest reason for searching out top performing schools. If you want to play in the big leagues of life you need to be prepared to compete at every level.[/quote]

sdr, curriculumns (sic) aren’t “dumbed down” in elem schools scoring below 900. Children are placed in classes according to their abilities in EVERY school. Many parents don’t wish their kids to be surrounded by multitudes of “helicopter parents” (mostly “soccer moms” with nothing better to do) constantly attempting to disrupt the teaching going on in there with their own personal agendas, as in many “900+ scoring” elem schools.

Social and economic class has nothing to do with the “quality” of a child … either as a student or a friend/human being.

You seem to be getting worked up here about your “perceived social class level” of the classmates of your children. When all is said and done, these “classmates” will not have had any part in how well your child performed in elem school.

Even when newly-minted HS graduates move their tassels from one side of their mortar boards to the other, they all say goodbye to each other and each goes their separate ways.

TEACHERS can make a HUGE difference in a student’s performance but their classmates are just a distraction to a kid during school hours. Too many “other student-friends” in your child’s life will simply end up as another notch on their Facebook walls.

You would be surprised how many of the girls with the highest grades and/or whose families have the most $ end up marrying a sailor right out of HS due to pregnancy …. yes, even today. And how many of the upper MC or “rich” boys join the military right out of HS or decide to travel cross-country for a couple of years in a 1968 VW Van before enrolling in college.

I sincerely hope your kids never disappoint you and only “mingle” with what you consider to be “quality” children along their respective paths in life, sdr.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=sdrealtor]BG
Do you really beleive that all kids arrive at 10th grade or even 7th grade evenly prepared? Only an idiot would think the elementary scores are used for college admissions and we are not idiots here. What they are is an indicator of the quality of students your child will be surrounded by. The competitive landscape so to speak. A student surrounded by top performers is more likely to be motivated and the teachers are less likely to have to dumb down the curriculumn to the lower performers. That is the biggest reason for searching out top performing schools. If you want to play in the big leagues of life you need to be prepared to compete at every level.[/quote]

sdr, curriculumns (sic) aren’t “dumbed down” in elem schools scoring below 900. Children are placed in classes according to their abilities in EVERY school. Many parents don’t wish their kids to be surrounded by multitudes of “helicopter parents” (mostly “soccer moms” with nothing better to do) constantly attempting to disrupt the teaching going on in there with their own personal agendas, as in many “900+ scoring” elem schools.

Social and economic class has nothing to do with the “quality” of a child … either as a student or a friend/human being.

You seem to be getting worked up here about your “perceived social class level” of the classmates of your children. When all is said and done, these “classmates” will not have had any part in how well your child performed in elem school.

Even when newly-minted HS graduates move their tassels from one side of their mortar boards to the other, they all say goodbye to each other and each goes their separate ways.

TEACHERS can make a HUGE difference in a student’s performance but their classmates are just a distraction to a kid during school hours. Too many “other student-friends” in your child’s life will simply end up as another notch on their Facebook walls.

You would be surprised how many of the girls with the highest grades and/or whose families have the most $ end up marrying a sailor right out of HS due to pregnancy …. yes, even today. And how many of the upper MC or “rich” boys join the military right out of HS or decide to travel cross-country for a couple of years in a 1968 VW Van before enrolling in college.

I sincerely hope your kids never disappoint you and only “mingle” with what you consider to be “quality” children along their respective paths in life, sdr.

[poorgradstudent]

[quote=flu]That said… Standard disclaimers apply.

1. Your school might have scored well, but your kid still might be an idiot.

2. Your school might have scored poorly, but your kid might be smarter than the average bear.

3. Test scores are pretty much meaningless imho since public schools just prep kids for test scores these days. I just think it’s funny there’s such an obsession with these.[/quote]
This.

API borders on meaningless. It’s a great reflection of how much money the student’s parents in the area make. I’m still waiting for value-added scoring to catch on like it is starting to in LA.

[poorgradstudent]

[quote=flu]That said… Standard disclaimers apply.

1. Your school might have scored well, but your kid still might be an idiot.

2. Your school might have scored poorly, but your kid might be smarter than the average bear.

3. Test scores are pretty much meaningless imho since public schools just prep kids for test scores these days. I just think it’s funny there’s such an obsession with these.[/quote]
This.

API borders on meaningless. It’s a great reflection of how much money the student’s parents in the area make. I’m still waiting for value-added scoring to catch on like it is starting to in LA.

[poorgradstudent]

[quote=flu]That said… Standard disclaimers apply.

1. Your school might have scored well, but your kid still might be an idiot.

2. Your school might have scored poorly, but your kid might be smarter than the average bear.

3. Test scores are pretty much meaningless imho since public schools just prep kids for test scores these days. I just think it’s funny there’s such an obsession with these.[/quote]
This.

API borders on meaningless. It’s a great reflection of how much money the student’s parents in the area make. I’m still waiting for value-added scoring to catch on like it is starting to in LA.

[cvmom]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=cvmom]…I think you missed Canyon Crest Academy (in San Dieguito district), it got 910. This one is of big personal interest to me, as we have to decide on a high school for my kid this year, Canyon Crest vs. Torrey Pines.[/quote]

Thank you cvmom. Is Canyon Crest Academy a charter or alternative school? I think I missed it because I may have thought it was. What is the student population there?[/quote]

Canyon Crest is about half the size of Torrey Pines, is not charter. There is a waiting list though and you have to “choice” in and hope your number comes up.

[cvmom]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=cvmom]…I think you missed Canyon Crest Academy (in San Dieguito district), it got 910. This one is of big personal interest to me, as we have to decide on a high school for my kid this year, Canyon Crest vs. Torrey Pines.[/quote]

Thank you cvmom. Is Canyon Crest Academy a charter or alternative school? I think I missed it because I may have thought it was. What is the student population there?[/quote]

Canyon Crest is about half the size of Torrey Pines, is not charter. There is a waiting list though and you have to “choice” in and hope your number comes up.

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