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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder what percent of each group take private math courses?  I suspect the taking of private math courses correlates far more with 5s than does race.  [/quote]

You may be right, but not sure that matters. They're ignoring the details of the process like local morning which explains the delta that they're pointing to as evidence of rigging. I think they're just heavily vested in this narrative and are in heavy denial of reality.[/quote]

Doesn't make the data wrong. PP just presented the data and it is pretty clear it disadvantages and penalizes a particular racial minority group for good performance. I don't think it is fair but I am not particularly bothered by it. Eventually work doesn't go waste.  Just have the grace though to accept the facts. It is obvious what's happening here - could be because of local mooring which happened for a reason. [/quote]

The reason for local norming is a nationwide shift towards policies that reward the top percentile students based on their home school, not their entire district. It's a sea change, it's everywhere.[/quote]

And it seems much more fair than simply handing out seats at these programs to the children of people whose kids attend prep. It seems more fair to reward actual talent which is distributed evenly if opportunities aren't. [/quote]
Nothing was handed out.  Those kids earned those spots by proving they could do the work.  Under the new system, MCPS is hoping that kids who haven't proven anything can do the work.  Hint: they can't.  This is a race to the bottom.[/quote]

I know what you mean. I  spent over $15k in prep classes for so my kids could get in. That isn't handing things out at all. It's downright expensive! [/quote]

Not what you're determined to believe, but many of us have kids who've attended magnets with zero prep.[/quote]

Well, if a local prep center in VA claims that over 30% of the students admitted to TJ were their students and lists their names on their website. It's safe to assume the same stuff is going on here across the river. And because there are several prep centers it's safe to assume that over half or more of these kids in these magnets are heavily invested in these prep centers. [/quote]

Seems like the trolls from Virginia are here in full force. [/quote]

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