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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Hypothesis 1: The program was fair and unbiased. It uncovered highly able black and Hispanic children who were not applying before. The fraction of whites also increased because white households were better at judging whether their children belonged in a G&T program—among all populations, they had (by far) the highest admission rate conditional on applying in 2017, before the program started.

Hypothesis 2: The program was unfair and biased. The program had different implicit cutoffs by ability for different subgroups. In addition, program intake was biased against Asians while ensuring that representation among whites did not change.

What truly happened depends on the relative performance of different subgroups. What we know from publicly available information, including the choice report, is that the performance of Asian and White children is similar (and very high) on average. This lends credibility to Hypothesis 2, but what we really need to know is how the top 5 percent of each group is performing—and here, averages can be highly misleading.[/quote]

This is an excellent analysis and exactly why MCPS needs to release the data. An independent, neutral body needs to looks at all the data and communications within MCPS to determine whether they are operating a fair or biased program. [/quote]

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