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Their parents may work two jobs or not able to help them study.  This is a small attempt to combat structural racism.  Furthermore, your kid might actually benefit and become a better (smarter even) person by being in a diverse setting.[/quote]

I think the pp doesn't understand  how the structure of the AAP admissions process affects finding URMs eligible.  Most URM families have no clue there are test prep books and centers.  They also are told by the schools that all the kids need is a good night's sleep.  Most Asian families are very aware of the prep books and centers, and come from cultures where studying is expected and, to be honest, think that the "all you need is sleep" is lazy American advice.  That alone will skew the results of who is found eligible.  Wealthy white families, while aren't as prone to do the prep centers, also use the test prep books and/or are very aware of appealing with WISC scores.  The WISC score can be manipulated by psychologists and can be prepped for, contrary to what many on this forum thinks.  This also skews who is admitted.  [b]Anywau, maybe FCPS should just announce the prep materials starting in K and even have copies for check out in the library. [/b] They should also be very vocal about the availability of reduce or free WISC through GMU, and how those results can be used for appeal.  I know five nonURM kids who got into AAP with all scores in the mid to low 120s.  I know many others who were parent referred and been found eligible, but I wasn't close enough with the parents to know their scores, but close enough to know they were parent referred.  This is an imprecise process.  Anyone pretending it's an objective who is smart and who isn't is fooling themself.  [/quote]

+1  I think a lot of people also don't realize that kids who are read to regularly, play games with parents, and have a very enriching home life will score better on the tests as well as the GBRS than a kid with equal native intelligence who did not have an enriched homelife.  I doubt that anyone has developed a test that isn't highly biased by affluence and home environment.  Maybe they should not only make prep materials available, but rather they should actively prep during the Young Scholars pull outs.  At least that would level the playing field between bright, disadvantaged kids who are otherwise unlikely to prep vs. all of the asians and white people who are prepping their equally (or less) bright kids into AAP.  [/quote]

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