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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they were serious about eliminating disparities, they would examine the AAP program. Fairfax County has the nation’s 10th largest public school system, with more than 188,000 students. Of those, 25 percent are Hispanic and 10 percent are African-American. But over the last 10 years, blacks and Hispanics have constituted only 12 percent of the students deemed eligible for Level IV, the most advanced academic program. Notably, the data show that when black and Hispanic students do submit intelligence tests, they are just as likely to gain admission as their white and Asian counterparts. When these students are excluded from the AAP program, the probability that they will have completed Algebra 1 by 8th grade is lower, and their ability to succeed at TJ is compromised. Do these politicians have the courage to examine biases in the AAP program?[/quote]

They did examine the AAP program with several experts who wrote a long report and discussed it at a meeting.  I think it was last spring.  Wake up.[/quote]

Goodness, I've been asleep all this time and didn't notice that AAP is now a lottery system. Is it now? Did they make that change - it's been a year, and the same logic applies surely. In fact, at that young age, induction into the AAP by a lottery system would benefit far more students across all demographics and family situations. Did it happen? [/quote]

Yes, you have been asleep.

Start a new thread and we can bring you up to speed on AAP.  Or use the search function.[/quote]

Oh you poor dear...let me explain this in more detail: The AAP admission system exhibits clear racial bias. If they applied the same logic that they are using for TJ Admissions changes (to make it a lottery), it becomes even more imperative that the AAP system uses a lottery based admission, instead of the CogAd test based admission they are using. The reason it becomes more imperative is because it affects vastly more students, and makes a significant impact at an earlier stage in the students life, therefore the impact upstream is higher. However no action has been taken to make the AAP a lottery based system. Hence, we conclude that this move to switch TJ to a lottery is more about performative virtue signaling than about really making a difference.[/quote]

Start a new thread, dear.  Or use the search function.[/quote]

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