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[quote=Anonymous]I would suggest the SES analysis as well.  If your kids are in a school where the black kids are upper middle class, their scores are going to be a lot higher than schools where the white/asian kids are upper middle class and most of the black kids are in a lower class bracket.  My kids go to an FCPS school where (1) the FARMS rate is around 10% and it is not correlated to minority kids, and (2) the black kids actually did BETTER than the white kids in many of the tests this past spring.  I wonder if the school has made a concerted effort to focus on bringing black kids' test scores up and in the process didn't notice some of the other kids barely getting by.

I wouldn't give up on public schools.  IMO, test scores are even more important for a black family that expects their kids to leap over the achievement gap compared to the value of scores for the average white family.  Many FCPS schools are assertively looking for bright minority students to participate in Young Scholars and AAP.  What happens at home and the expectations you have for your children will be more important than any thing else.  [/quote]

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