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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t see why DCPS “should” do it. There is a big Asian lobby in NYC that advocates for test-based admissions. There is no similar lobby in DC. Both school systems have policies that reflect local priorities. Another example is, NYC doesn’t have any by-right neighborhood high schools. Are you saying DC should get rid of those too? Just to be more like NYC? [/quote]

Honestly McKinley should go to a test based admission. Banneker and Walls have constituencies that would probably successfully resist this, but McKinley is built to be a test in school.[/quote]

That is not the population the Mayor wants at McKinley. If McKinley moved to a test based admission, the passing score would be set so low it would be meaningless.[/quote]

A test at McKinley wouldn’t be remotely meaningless. In an uncertain admissions environment, using a math exam with a low passing score at McKinley would ensure that kids doing grade-level work or better aren’t stranded in severely underperforming high schools.[/quote]

But that's happening right now. McKinley prefers to admit students that have a 3.0 GPA, requires a math teacher recommendation, and completion of an onsite essay. It takes in students from a variety of schools across the District.[/quote]
All of those criteria are much less informative than performance on a standardized test. [/quote]

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