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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Except the goal of the whole reform was to increase URM representation in the magnet problem. The goal was set first. Then MCPS found a way. Not the other way around.[/quote]

The goal wasn't just to increase URM representation, it was also to reduce Asian participation. MCPS has been pretty transparent about its concern that Asians are over represented in the magnets and over perform. [/quote]

Where is your evidence for this?  Right. The concern is to bring up the performance of black and hispanic kids to that of white and asian kids, has nothing to do with targeting asian students per se.  A problem is that using school location as a proxy for race doesn't always work. Admits of black kids went up somewhat but hispanic hardly at all.[b] The number of Asian admits went down, but not by that much[/b], it's just that they were heavily concentrated in the very high achieving cohorts of the Bethesda/Potomac area. Asian students remain the highest percentage of admits, at least as of last year.[/quote]
Actually, Asian American admit rate drop was pretty high, higher than the increased rate for URM.  And yes, Asian American students are over represented in elite academic programs/schools. So?   Maybe it's [b]because they deserve it[/b] because they work harder?[/quote]

But it's not a prize or a reward...it's a school program. Who has the greatest academic need for this program, for which there are a very limited number of seats?[/quote]

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