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[quote=Anonymous]Meh - asians are overwhelmingly in support of universal testing, it plays into their belief that a meritocracy exists. They objected to MCPS adding new criteria that blocked areas with high concentrations of asians to reduce asian admissions. Voila more whites that performed lower than the asians got in.  If I was asian, I would be pissed about this too. White privilege at its best.

If MCPS does universal testing, it is going to get the same data that it did in the MS process. Asians will still be at the top from concentrated areas. More whites will make the cut just below the asians but the higher scoring ones will be concentrated in the west. There is no non-idiscrimmintaory way to deal with this other than setting aside a number of spots for URM students. Race would not be the criteria but the student would need to be on or have been on FARMS to qualify for one of these spots.

At the high school level, going to a magnet really need to not be a defect school assignment based on your race because MCPS wants good optics.  ES level CES is fine as any kid close to the range can do it. It doesn't take unique talent or even that much work of the teachers are willing to give some kids a pass which happens at some schools. Even the MS magnets have been softened to accommodate for some of the less than top of the bar students (white and URM) in the program now.

High school is an entirely different situation though. Students need to want to go to a magnet. It means getting up ridiculously early to travel far away. The workload for some (not all) of the magnets is extreme. The level is not watered down yet. The difference in rigor and expectations between RM IB and many of the regional IB programs is a good example of this. Blair SMACs would need to completely change its curriculum if it started admitting some of the lower performing whites that got into TPMS with the changes.

It would be nice if MCPS would actually help the highly capable URM students for once. Provide universal screening and then have guidance counselors reach out to URM students who score at the top. Provide set aside seats for URM students AND wrap around services to help them succeed there. Guarantee them access to a tutor, more transportation options, work study programs, and whatever it takes for them to succeed.

Another boondoggle with MCPS just ending up giving seats to lower performing white kids who live in crappy areas and spending a bunch of money on the subsequent lawsuits and investigations instead os actually helping the URM kids would be nice. 
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