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[b]The facts: The percentage of RMIB kids receiving diplomas has fallen (93% class of 2015 to 88% class of 2017).  The SAT scores appear to have dropped by approximately 150 points which is huge- the drop in the writing score is especially noticeable since this is a perceived strength of the program.[/b]
The classroom atmosphere and expectations is harder to quantify.  Do your children attend magnet programs?  If you have spent any time in these classrooms you will know that the teacher is able to cover material rapidly which means they can spend more time on deep discussion or cover material that would not normally be covered.  Teachers can also expect students to cope with assignments that are very challenging.  If however 20% of the class is not at the same level of preparation and/or ability, any responsible and empathetic teacher would have to slow down and do less.  This would happen slowly, gradually and subtly.  [/quote]

Neither of these demonstrates harm to the application cohort, though. If you include kids who do less well on standardized tests in the group, it's not surprising if the group's mean standardized test scores decline. That doesn't mean that a given application-program kid's SAT scores would have been higher if they hadn't had regular-RM kids in their classes.[/quote]

Gawd, you are incorrigible. Let me clarify one more time slowly so that you understand - the magnet students are promised a certain level for their cohort. When Cohort's level falls, the cohort the magnet student were promised is not the cohort they were delivered. The stimulating environment they were promised is being altered subtly. Each kid in the class is part of the educational ecosystem. When you alter the academic level of any kid in that class, you affect each kid in the class. [/quote]

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