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I agree with you, but I think MCPS does not.  Why is there so much focus on ‘closing the achievement gap’?

What do you think MCPS says when it states that as their goal?  It means that they feel that Black and Latino kids are not performing well.  That’s where people make the assumption that Black and Hispanic kids are lagging behind![/quote]

MCPS agrees too. MCPS commissioned the Metis report. MCPS is acting on the results in the Metis report. Have you read the Metis report?

Here is an example of a barrier to entry (which is not in the Metis report, as far as I know): if you're in the upcounty and you're applying to a high school application magnet, you have to go to Poolesville HS on a Saturday to take the tests. The only way to get to Poolesville on a Saturday is by car. If your family doesn't have a car, it's much harder to get to Poolesville to take the test. Poor families are less likely to have a car or have access to a car. So the Poolesville testing site is a barrier to entry for kids who are bright and poor. (And, as we all know, there is a strong correlation between income and race/ethnicity in Montgomery County.)

How will a bright kid who couldn't get to Poolesville on a Saturday for the application test, be helped by mandatory K-12 tutoring for students who are behind?

If MCPS moved the testing site from Poolesville HS to Seneca Valley HS, would you call that a social engineering technique that will ruin the high school magnet programs?

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Doesn't explain why they changed the testing to HGC, which is what this thread is about, not HS or MS magnets.[/quote]

Extrapolate.[/quote]

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