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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plus 1.  What private dose t ask for the tests? Seriously?[/quote]

Doesn't make it right. Discrimination in school admissions on the basis of an innate characteristic, be it race, gender or IQ, should be illegal. A person with a lower IQ can work extra hard and do as well as any other. It's not the same as taking actual past performance (grades, SAT scores, etc) into consideration. Giving IQ tests to toddlers in order to determine their acceptance into a school is abhorrent, and parents should not stand for it. "Everyone does it" is not an excuse.[/quote]

well, PP above , why are you even on the private school forum then ?

Here is a reality check:

1) "private schools " don't necessarily use IQ results to screen Pre-K students. Repeat . repeat. and repeat again. This is Washington. Private school entrance is competitive . This means that the schools will pick who they want based on parent's profile ( are you a big law partner, a POTUS admin member, a media elite ? If so, great, if not , are you an URM ? If not, DC 's IQ better be off the charts. Its not a criteria in other words, its a convenient way to say " no". get it ?  AND it is NOT illegal.

2)  Remember , they do not get Fed funds, they are "private" and they have it in their contracts that they can deny renewing a contract " in their sole discretion". PERIOD

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