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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son (who is Black) was in the 95th percentile on MAP-R at a "focus" school, was placed in the lottery, did not get in the regional CES. Not sure how or if this matches the anecdotes already gathered in this thread.

I'll admit to a little pang because I was in "GT" classes when I was a kid and I have a love/hate relationship with that label. But staying in his home school is probably a better move for him, and I feel confident that his needs will be met. [/quote]

[b]You should appeal this decision. [/b][/quote]

WHY. Why should this parent appeal?

I'm a flaming progressive that would be happy to have race be a consideration, but it's not.

So what is there to appeal? A 95th percentile kid WAS put in the lottery pool, but then wasn't randomly selected? Just like tons of other 90th, 95th and 99th percentile kids, because there are more of them than slots available?

Thus...?[/quote]

I would like to believe it is an absolutely fair lottery game. Your case support it.[/quote]

There is a race consideration, it's just not explicit because that would be unlawful. By locally norming students' scores, MCPS made it easier for kids at high FARMS schools to qualify for the pool than kids from low FARMS schools. Because FARMS rates correlate so closely with how many underrepresented minority students attend a school, it was the best MCPS could do under the law to make the pool more racially diverse and less white. Was about time, especially in light of the prior conversations above about how many (mostly white/asian) parents used to game the system by paying for tutors and prep classes to make sure their kids score high on the entrance tests.[/quote]

My mixed race (Blatino/White) kid at a  Title I school make the pool but did not get into the CES.

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The lottery itself is race-blind, so it doesn't matter at all what race your kid was. The point is that in determining how to make up the pool of kids eligible for the lottery in the first place, MCPS normalized scores to try to make sure more diverse kids qualified for the pool. The individual race of students is entirely irrelevant - what matters is the FARMS rate of the school you attend. If you attend a school with a high FARMS rate, it was easier to qualify for the lottery because the standards were lower. But once in the pool, it's a random lottery that pays no attention at all to race.[/quote]

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