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The largest demographic common to both Wotton and Blair happens to be so it's the best means by which we can isolate for demographic differences between these sets.[/quote]

You can make whatever special comparisons as you want. What makes sense when comparing student strength is the average scores, not scores of a certain ethnic group.

Or, are you suggesting that people's kids should only stay with white kids so comparing how white kids do in these two schools is the way to do it?

Without the magnet program, Blair is nothing near any of the W's (or TPMS vs RFMS or CJMS), that is a known fact, I don't see why some people just keep ignoring that.[/quote]
If it makes you feel better  :lol: [/quote]

It is a fact. Whether it makes me feel better or make some people feel bad, does not change that.

When we talk about how great Blair or TPMS are, we are really talking about their magnet programs. Some people keep ignoring that. Maybe thinking the entire school (Blair or TP) is better makes them feel better. Well, that is their choice but it is not a fact.
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Actually, that's not true. Let’s eliminate the out of boundary magnet scores from that cohort's SAT average at Blair to see how the general population at these schools stack up by minimizing the impact of demographic differences. This seems sensible given that Blair is the most diverse school in the state whereas Wooton is one of the segregated schools.

1526 Blair Magnet SAT average public knowledge
1326 Blair SAT average score for common cohort from the report
250 total number of kids from the cohort that took SAT according to report
32 number of OOB magnet kids from the cohort that took the SAT (40% of OOB 80 students belong to this cohort = 32)
where “x” is Blair’s in boundary SAT average for largest common cohort

(250 - 32) / 250 = 87% non-magnet cohort total
13% magnet % of cohort total

0.87x + 0.13 * 1526 = 1326
0.87x + 198.38 = 1326
0.87x = 1326 – 198
x = (1326 – 198) / 0.87 = 1296 Blair SAT average without magnet

[b]Blair's 1296 without the magnet is still higher than Wooton[/b] :)[/quote]

Please do read the report, rather than just the PP.

1326 is the average SAT score of WHITE students in Blair. Not average score of ALL students in Blair.

Yes, Blair's white students do better than the white students in Wootton. Surprise? But what does that comparison tell people? I wouldn't use that for anything.
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