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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not a TJ or Walls parent but those kids in the article are super motivated outliers (especially the last kid). TJ did not need a test to find them. I'm not sure how well they represent the cohort at large. A test-free admissions process will probably find 80-90% of kids who end up being appropriate for the school. The last 10-20% will struggle and many will leave. Both Walls and TJ have had higher attrition after 9th grade this year than in previous years. However, this is probably a minimal downside when what you get in return is a more diverse class (although I actually don't think the current Walls 9th grade is any more diverse?) And of course it also stinks for the achieving kids who didn't get a spot. Also of note is that since San Francisco dropped the test at their magnet school they have seen grades drop. This came out this week: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Lowell-High-admissions-17196603.php [/quote]
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