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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know if kids shared questions with Curie or not (although there are reports that this happened). What I do know is that the test TJ was using is supposed to be one kids take "cold". Prepping will skew the results. Since prep schools developed to teach kids how to prepare for it, that was having an impact on the results as kids who did not prep and took it cold naturally had different results.

And yes, part of why FCPS revised its admission approach was that a few schools were dominating the process and one ethnic group that is a minority in the region had become 70% of the student body. This extremely high level of concentration drove discussions about changes.

I am glad they got rid of the old program (as kids at certain schools or in families devoted to outside prep and math clubs had big advantages) but think the present one has flaws too.  In an effort to be more inclusive the bar has now been set too low making results really arbitrary. They should keep 1.5% but do a better job of how kids are assessed within that 1.5%. [/quote]

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