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Anything that talks about diversity/gaps etc is talking about watering down the application process.[/quote]

This is true only if you believe that the only way to increase participation by black, Hispanic, and/or poor kids is to admit unqualified black, Hispanic, and/or poor students and exclude non-black, non-Hispanic, and/or non-poor qualified students. Do you believe that? I don't.[/quote]

This is what happens in colleges and it’s trickling down to lower school levels.

The schools want to attract a certain number of AA and Latino students so they bring them in even if they are somewhat less qualified.

When I was in grad school, we had such a program.  They brought in about a dozen URMs.  Held a special free summer session to get the students up to speed.  Offered extra financial aid.  Ended up that only 3 of those students finished the program.  It was fairly obvious that in the name of ‘diversity’ they were accepting students who really were not qualified to be there.  [/quote]

Check out the PARCC scores.[/quote]

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