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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the report group URM into black/latino/ELL/low SEC/ 
I wonder where to put poor white or ELL Asian? [/quote]

No, not SES. MCPS has no data on socioeconomic status. MCPS only has data on qualifying for free or reduced meals (FARMS).

Poor people are poor people, even when they are white non-Hispanic poor people. Likewise, English-language learners are English-language learners, even when they are Asian non-Hispanic English-language learners.[/quote]

The report does present all these categories at once which I think leads to confusion.  However, what they really have is a total which is then broken down into four racial groups: White, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino (and some leftover that's never mentioned), these groups don't overlap.  Then they give the numbers for FARMS, Limited English Proficiency, Special Ed, these groups do overlap and they also overlap with the racial breakdown.  Presumably MCPS has data on the intersections, but given the small numbers involved, it would be either not much use, or considered identifiable information.[/quote]

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