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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you very much for these very useful responses. Added to this mix also is the "noise" exclusive to the DC environment of private schools. Is there an argument to be made that the test is biased against DCPS students because they are competing with many MD/VA juniors attending DC-based private schools? Are kids from MD and VA "taking" DC slots for NMSF? It seems that the denominator is made up principally of DCPS kids but the preponderance of awardees are private school out-of-towners. Is there merit to this line of thinking? [/quote] That has been discussed previously in this thread, but DC has a higher proportional representation than other states. While this year seems lower, I think a typical distribution of DC NMSF would be 20% DCPS/Charter, 30% DC resident private, and 50% VA/MD private. Since we get double the national average (0.8% vs. 0.4%), it should all balance out in the end.[/quote]
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