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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Percentage of students who “exceeded expectations” in Math by race 
Asian 43.8%
Black 6.6% 
Hispanic 5.7% 
White 29.3%

Percentage of students who “exceeded expectations” in English by race 
Asian 16.2% 
Black 2.7% 
Hispanic 1.4% 
White 11.4%

Percentage of students accepted at HGCs by race, in the year studied in the Metis report
Asian 21.3%
Black 8.9% 
Hispanic 10.1% 
White 22.3%

I strongly agree with removing some barriers to access such as providing buses to testing and conducting a universal review. I think this will help poor students and those from disadvantaged backgrounds regardless of race. It’s the focus on race in the report and by MCPS that bothers me.

From looking at these test scores, you could argue that black and Hispanic students are OVERrepresented in acceptances at elementary magnets.[/quote]

Or you could argue (because correlation does not equal causation as much as you seem to want it to) that Asians are not very well represented on the eastside of the County - thus, they are just as happy at Wayside or make trade offs, and choose not to take the exam, thus having a lower representation of acceptances.  You just don't know, do you?  But sure, go ahead and assume that every Asian child who exceeds expectations would want to travel across the county to go to a magnet school and leave their friends, their Immersion program, their cultural studies or what not that you have to give up to spend two hours a day commuting across the county.[/quote]

You don't seem to understand the data. This is percentage of kids who APPLIED, so presumably most people who applied would actually want to make the long journey across the county to a magnet.[/quote]

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