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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since some people might have missed it, here is a link to the AAP equity report:

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BPD4M50C2B1F/$file/FCPS%20final%20report%2005.05.20.pdf

If you scroll down to page 66, you can see average CogAT and NNAT scores of LIV eligible kids broken down by race.  It's very enlightening. For the kids who got accepted to AAP -  CogAT Q score:  Asian mean = 130.95.  AA mean: 119.8   Hispanic mean: 118.9[/quote]

I believe that the report addresses some of that as well. Part of that gap is explained by a gap in enrichment opportunities. Kids who have been read to, speak the language natively, attend enrichment classes or programs (tutoring or robotics or coding club) are likely to score better on those types of tests. we can kvetch all we want about them being IQ tests but additional education and stimulation are going to improve scores on tests like the NNAT, CogAT, and yes, even the WISC. 
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But why are race and SES being correlated so strongly?  There are plenty of upper middle class black and hispanic kids who receive a lot of enrichment.  There are also poorer white and Asian kids who don't.  I would agree with most of your points and most of the ones in the equity report if they focused purely on SES and not race.  FARMS kids and lower middle class kids are going to be disadvantaged, regardless of the child's race.  [/quote]

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