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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What it clearly shows is how heavily people were self selecting for the magnets before universal screening.  In 2016, 299 Asian students applied for Takoma, in 2018, 689 were screened--about a 60% increase.  By comparison only only 241 white students applied in 2016, while 1230 were identified for screening in 2018--a five fold increase.  Of course Asian numbers went down, they had a disproportionate interest in the program and they're applications from viable candidates were probably beyond saturation.  Anything that causes more students to apply, is going to disadvantage such a group.  URMs are still under represented but the numbers identified are up substantially.  Meanwhile Asians are still represented at twice their population, whites at 25% their population--so in no way has anyone been shut out or a quota been instituted.

I just don't see how it can be argued that screening more applicants is a bad thing.  Sure it means more people may not accept an offer, but that's better than having people who didn't even know their child should be in the program.[/quote]

I agree. The new screening process took it out of the hands of parents. This data show that under the previous system, Asian parents were way more likely to submit an application for their children than all other races. Under the new system, all kinds of bright kids are being considered. From the perspective of the system as a whole, this is a very good thing.

I overheard something last year that stuck with me. My child was going to a tutoring center, and I overheard a parent in front of me saying it was such a shame that the tutoring center couldn’t teach her child how to score well on the Takoma exam anymore since they were changing the test and process. To her credit, the staff member at the tutoring center said “yes well I guess then the kids who get in will be the kids who really need it.” Boom.[/quote]

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