So this school presents as the Holy Grail of urban education: a high poverty school with high test scores. And the article does a good job of explaining the focus on test preparation and the ways in which the school embraces the testing process.

Is it too much to ask, though, for a little follow-up with kids who went through the school — it seems pretty stable if the principal has been there since 1984 — to see if they’ve succeeded in middle school, in high school? Is the school working to ensure kids understand the concepts underneath the test questions, or is the school just engaging in empty test preparation, such that the kids flame out in middle school?

Wouldn’t be hard to find out.