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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you really think there are distinctions in how 250 students performed on the test? It's just not possible. You could, however, take the highest PARCc score plus the highest SWW test scorers.

Right now they clearly take the 250 and have them interview and probably do NOT take just the top 140 scores.

They clearly try to balance by ward and MS, by gender, by race -- those numbers have been far too consistent over the years.

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If I had to choose between basing it on test scores and basing it on a lottery of kids getting a minimum test score (top 250) I would say the test score is probably more accurate.  From what I can tell, admissions to the competitive high schools in NY are based solely on test results.  If you want to add diversity, set aside seats for diversity but among the “not diverse” you should base it on their scores.

I think adding the PARCC would not be a bad idea, but they would have to account for differences in test taken, 7th graders take, math 7, math8, algebra and geometry.  Are all 5s weighted equally?  Also, what about private school kids or transfer kids that did not take the PARCC?[/quote]

By way of comparison, the selective enrollment high schools require the following for admission:

1) 7th-grade PARCC scores (soon to be the new IL statewide test as they are leaving the PARCC consortium) minimum score (for math you must be proficient/advanced for the level you are at with the minimum being Math 7. No plus up for being in Algebra/Geometry in 7th). Notably, so many 8th graders from privates want to apply to these schools that the privates administer the state exams to anyone who needs it/wants it.

2) GPAs over a certain level -- no adjustments based on what school you are coming from.

3) Take an admission test for the school you wish to apply to. The math/science high schools have different exams from the ones with other focuses.

4) To ensure equity and diversity, every neighborhood is given a score. If you are from a poorer neighborhood with fewer adult college graduates your application is slightly weighted. If you are from a wealthy area you don't get a weighting. The lines are redone every year (by a consortium of academic demographers, not the city or school system,  so that rapidly gentrifying areas are not getting weighting they no longer qualify for. neighborhood at the time of application. The neighborhoods are small - the DC analogy would be the apartments on Connecticut Ave near Murch would be treated differently than the SFH on the east side of Connecticut even though both are IB for Murch.

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