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And I have no dog in this fight. I had one DC go through HGC and another who didn't make it, which is fine. I don't need them to lower the standards just so that my DC could've gotten in.
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There is no evidence that anybody is lowering standards.[/quote]
[b]There is no evidence that they [u]didn't[/u] lower the standards, either.[/b]  The test used to take 2 hours. Now it takes 30min. They want to "broaden the definition of giftedness".  Coupled with the fact that their goal is to get more URM in, well... And yes, I know there are smart URM.  My Dc's HGC had several of them. But, stats do show that URM score lower than other groups.  It's not racist to state that. It's a fact.[/quote]

You can't prove a negative, eh?[/quote]
Yes, that's the point. You can prove or disprove it, but you can look at how they have changed the entrance criteria, the recommendations of the METIS report, and mcps's desire to close the "achievement gap", which in and of itself is a good thing, but lowering any standards, HGC entrance or otherwise, is not the way to achieve it, except superficially.  Again, that doesn't help any student.[/quote]
sorry meant, you "can't" prove or disprove..[/quote]

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