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[b]It also makes no sense that the public school system should have special programs to provide enrichment to the students whose parents have already spent thousands prepping them for the admissions test to the very program. [/b] Don't make the argument that MCPS should spend more to keep up with what the haves already do privately.  Because the simpler solution to that would be take away the magnets that only the wealthy can afford to prep for and let those families find private schools or settle for their home schools.[/quote]

Actually that's a separate question, which I've been wondering about. Presumably the families who spend lots of money on test prep for magnet admissions think that they're getting value for their money. [b]But are they actually?[/b] How many kids who did test prep and got in would have gotten in without the test prep? How many kids who did test prep and got in would not have gotten in without test prep? How many kids did test prep and didn't get in?[/quote]

For some yes, for others no. It is their money to spend so why do you care?

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Because there is the assumption that the kids of affluent parents are overrepresented in the application magnets because the affluent parents spend money on test prep. But maybe the money spent on test prep has little or no effect on magnet admission.[/quote]

Isn't it just as likely that affluence is tied to academic achievement, and that kids of such parents have both their genes and their attitude toward the value of academic achievement from a young age?  [/quote]

Hush now... Mentioning genes?  Thought crime.[/quote]

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