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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are public schools in Virginia and elsewhere that have test-based admissions and tracking - the precedent exists in many schools around the nation - why not in DC?[/quote]

Magnate high schools have different rules than public elementary schools, charter or no charter. Tracking has historically been used in a racist and discriminatory fashion in the U.S. and in the DelMarVa area in particular. Good for Sela for not trying the non-immersion track approach. I went and looked at YY threads - and this is the one thing that people complained about the most. [/quote]

The idea that tracking is "racist" or "discriminatory" is a half-baked idea formed in a vacuum.  If you look at tracking in many other states, depending on the geography and demographic, you will find that the students in the lower track may well be whites, may well be latinos, may well be vietnamese, may well be native American, may well be middle class, or whatever.  If it happens that a disproportionate percentage of any group ends up in a lower track, that is likely NOT going to be a causal relationship or circumstance forced on them by the test, it's more likely a reflection of the reality of the background those students are coming from.  And, once that lower track group is identified, schools can and should be held accountable for making sure they get the right remedial aid to bring them up to speed and get them out of that track.  Tracking is not supposed to be a destination, it's supposed to be a remedy.[/quote]

The ignorance on DCUM is stunning - the reason tracking was stopped was because it was applied in a discriminatory way - everyone involved in education knows this, but for your elucidation: http://www.abpsi.org/pdf/specialedpositionpaper021312.pdf.

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