What is the real reason MCPS uses Lottery for Middle School Magnet Program

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what is the real reason MCPS BOE uses lottery for CES program?
Why can't it be the consistency of performance against benchmarks in elementary school? and/or likewise consistency of performance in middle school for highschool magnet program

Are they using Lottery for selection into sports and games teams as well instead of performance benchmarks? or is the lottery exclusive for academic programs?

[Anonymous]

This region has astronomically more qualified kids than seats.

[Anonymous]

Define qualified...if you want to have a program for the top students, there is always a group at the top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This region has astronomically more qualified kids than seats.

So why not expand the program to include all qualified kids? Why disadvantage some segment through lottery?

Look around and you will see all over the world the edcucational institution expand program for qualified to advance the goals. MCPS is backwords

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This region has astronomically more qualified kids than seats.

So why not expand the program to include all qualified kids? Why disadvantage some segment through lottery?

Look around and you will see all over the world the edcucational institution expand program for qualified to advance the goals. MCPS is backwords

Is this because there is incompetence at BOE?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Define qualified...if you want to have a program for the top students, there is always a group at the top.

How to measure accurately, though? There's no "best" measure. Some kids test better. Some write better. Some speak better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Define qualified...if you want to have a program for the top students, there is always a group at the top.

How to measure accurately, though? There's no "best" measure. Some kids test better. Some write better. Some speak better.

Under the old system there were tests, teacher recs, student essays, grades. Pretty broad measures.

[Anonymous]

They don’t want to get sued.

[Anonymous]

Too many Asian and white kids. Not “enough” black and Latino kids who can match Asian/white kids performance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Define qualified...if you want to have a program for the top students, there is always a group at the top.

How to measure accurately, though? There's no "best" measure. Some kids test better. Some write better. Some speak better.

Didn't you just measure them by stating that "some write better, some speak and some tests better? Why can't MCPS do the same?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Define qualified...if you want to have a program for the top students, there is always a group at the top.

How to measure accurately, though? There's no "best" measure. Some kids test better. Some write better. Some speak better.

Under the old system there were tests, teacher recs, student essays, grades. Pretty broad measures.

So, It looks like some did not like the measurement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many Asian and white kids. Not “enough” black and Latino kids who can match Asian/white kids performance

Do you mean to say the MCPS academic performance measurements are based on the race?

[Anonymous]

So the answer is really just to end the programs..or tell the parents that now every kid will get the magnet curriculum...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many Asian and white kids. Not “enough” black and Latino kids who can match Asian/white kids performance

So if Asians, Whites, Blacks and Latino kids performance is at par, are you saying that MCPS had a racist policy of selecting Asians and Whites kids over Blacks and Latino kids? Can you site any evidence of this?
Irrespective of race, if the kids perform at higher level, MCPS would enroll them all into the program Don't they? Are you saying that MCPS had a policy driven by race? It is not clear what you are trying to say here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many Asian and white kids. Not “enough” black and Latino kids who can match Asian/white kids performance

Exactly:

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-files-to-dismiss-magnet-admissions-lawsuit/

MCPS didn't like the outcome of the existing process, so they changed it to a lottery to achieve an outcome they wanted.