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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]WTF? Do you think referring to non-existent numbers proves your point? If you mean the numbers you posted on racial composition across MoCo, that's completely worthless. What you need to make a meaningful point would be the racial composition of kids who were doing advanced math in the old days of Pathways, so we can see exactly who was cut off from advanced math.[/quote]

Let's wait for the Washington Post to settle the argument once again. :D [/quote]

Sigh. OK, I'll do the numbers for you, since your own numerical understanding is apparently limited.

Here is the relevant section from the WP article you linked to: "In Maryland, that same pattern was apparent on reading tests. The percentage of Asian American students who tested in advanced levels grew from 40 percent to 58 percent between 2006 and 2009. The percentage of white students in that category grew from 35 percent to 48 percent."

Here are the demographics: Demographics
? 33.7 percent White
? 21.2 percent African American
? 26.0 percent Hispanic
? 14.3 percent Asian American
? 4.4 percent Two or more races
? 0.2 percent American Indian/Alaskan Native
? 0.1 percent Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

So, this means that for every 100 kids, 33.7 kids are white and 14.3 kids are Asian.  Using the WP's stat's, 48% of the 33.7 white kids tested at advanced levels, which means that 16.2 white kids (= 48% times 33.7 white kids) tested at advanced levels. For Asians, 58% of the 14.3 asian kids tested at advanced levels, in other words, 8.29 asian kids (= 58% times 14.3 asian kids) tested at advanced levels.

So you are wrong, [b]wrong, [size=18]wrong[[/size]/b]. Please go away now.[/quote]

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