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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They supposedly do a sweep at the end of the first round to make sure decisions are consistent. Perhaps they could pay special attention to URM apps then. 
Then, if it's not done already, the AARTs could be instructed to counsel URM parents more on the appeals process.

Like anything, it's not a perfect system, but the pool functions so that no parent action is needed in the first instance and teachers can submit referrals as well so I feel the system tries to catch people whose parents don't know about it, and that they also try to look at other things aside from just standardized test scores like work samples and GBRS.

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My kids have aged out of this system, but around 6 or 7 years back fcps held a series of meetings about AAP detailing all the things they were doing to bring more non Asian and non white kids into AAP. They were very open about their opinion that there were too many Asians and whites in AAP.  One of the things they touted as having done to increase underrepresented minorities into AAP was adding the NNAT. They said that their hope was that since it was a non verbal test it should have captured more non English speakers and groups that traditionally do not score as high on standardized tests. IN their presentation the results showed that the end result was an increase of Asians and whites who ended up in the pool and AAP, and a static number of underrepresented minorities, so the gap between the groups actually widened.

Fcps had slides on this, plus slides about adding young scholars in low performing schools specifically for black and Hispanic kids, smaller class sizes in schools with under represented minority kids, and a few other things like casting a wider net in how they accept kids for AAP.

All of the things they touted at that presentation resulted in more Asian and white kids entering AAP.

It was a very strange presentation and people were very angry at it, especially with their open racism against Asian kids.

I am sure someone has the slide show archived online somewhere.

Not having many underrepresented minorities in AAP is something fcps has been working on for years but everything they try results in bringing more Asian kids into the fold.  Everything people suggest here probably have already been tried.

The only thing that might work that fcps hasn't done would be to bring AAP admission down to a pyramid level instead of a district wide level. Each pyramid doing their own AAP admission would mean that more kids from pyramids like Stuart, Lee and Mount Vernon would have kids selected for AAP as they would need to place their top kids to fill their own centers.  Although if trends hold, it would end up being the native kids and not the ESOL kids filling the classes.[/quote]

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