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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Scott Brabrand and the FCPS board would have been fired had they worked for Georgetown Law. They openly discriminated against one racial group.[/quote]

Basically any change in policy that doesn't preserve or increase TJ's Asian population will be viewed as antiAsian.  I am all for opening up TJ admissions so a broader group of students are given a opportunity to excel in STEM.  I think a 3.5 with each middle school getting a certain number of slots is an excellent idea.  Despite being a race neutral standard, of course it will change the racial composition of the school.  I think it's great to encourage kids from all backgrounds to purse STEM careers.  It can't be that FCPS can never decide to adjust TJ admissions standards in anyway that might affect the number of Asians.  Given the current makeup of TJ, that's impossible outside of keeping a system that can be easily gamed by those with want to cheat, even if only a small number of people.[/quote]

Would you be in favor of having the students fill out an application that does not list their name, race or gender and have them take an admissions test and then have the top 1.5% of the scorers getting admitted to TJ?  That would change the demographic makeup of the student body without having to set up the "holistic" review in a manner that disadvantages those who happen to be Asian.  I could get behind something like that.[/quote]

This is a great idea as long as the admissions test is one that cannot be prepared for.

But also, there's nothing about being Asian that disadvantages you in a holistic review process. It's not like admissions reviewers go "eww, this person is Asian, that's gross". [/quote]

Precisely. The removal of a pre-existing systemic advantage (testing that favors years of prep and application fees that discourage folks from coming into the process late, supported by a community obsession with TJ and its prestige) is not equivalent to the introduction of a disadvantage.

TJ's artificially inflated rankings will fall because it will no longer be self-selecting for students who are excellent test-takers. But the quality of its learning community will rise sharply and quickly by weeding out many of the one-dimensional students of ALL races that are destroying it right now.[/quote]

Serious question does the TJ test predict performance during the first year of school?

SAT, GRE, LSATs seem too, but does FCPS see similar results?[/quote]
 Since the test is primarily math, those who do best on the test are primarily those who have had the highest quality and quantity of math prep.  Obviously studying and practicing for any math test will improve your score.  A higher score does not necessarily mean higher intelligence or more qualified, but is probably very bluntly correlated, like the SAT.[/quote][/quote]

Mmm.. Math IS the foundation of all things STEM.  If someone wants to pursue STEM and does not take the time to "prep" (whatever that means to you), I'd make sure they are provided the resources to prep as opposed to water down the admission process.

There's obviously a reason why these tests have been used for decades to produce world-class engineers and scientists.  Sure, they are being criticized now.  This is more of an SJW trend than anything else.[/quote]

DP.  I criticize the methods used to circumvent test security.  If FCPS can't ensure that people don't have access to the test content, then they shouldn't use that test.  [/quote]

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