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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is what evidence looks like. And it uses all schools in Maryland, not cherry-picked schools in MoCo. Shocker... it says that proportion of FARMS students is related to outcomes. I've got plenty more pieces of evidence if you'd like. https://education.umd.edu/research/centers/mep/research/k-12-education/does-school-composition-matter-estimating-relationship[/quote]

From the MD report: “The variation in PARCC school proficiency rates is highly correlated with the percentage of low- income students enrolled in a school. An increase in the percentage of low-income students in a school is associated with a decrease in a school proficiency rate on the PARCC assessments. The relationship is clearest at the state level, where the low-income student enrollment corresponds to nearly two thirds (R2=0.62) of the difference in proficiency rates between schools. ”

No one denies that more low income students=low test scores at school levels as well as county levels.  [b]The  problem is that many people believe the myth that low income students perform better in schools with less low income students.[/b] [/quote]

People believe it because it's not a myth.[/quote]

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