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no.. all it did was lower the bar. If you really think it didn't, then you are ignoring the fact that MCPS no longer releases the median test scores of accepted students.  One doesn't have to be gifted to figure out why that is.  If I'm wrong, and those URM identified students have really high test scores, then why doesn't MCPS release the stats? It would prove to all the naysayers how this new method works better.

And the change was about "cohort" at home school.  I don't think anyone is against testing more students. They are against lowering the bar and looking at "cohort".

No matter how many times you repeat that the new way didn't lower the bar, MCPS' own statistics will always prove you wrong.

The new method is pretty much just looking at cohort, and the test scores in relation to the cohort.  You can argue that this is a better method or not, but if the method is admitting students with much lower scores than before, then yes, the new method has lowered the bar.[/quote]

Back to the "the only way to increase the numbers of poor, black, and Hispanic kids is to admit dumber kids" line of argument.[/quote]

Exactly - their argument isn't based on known facts but hinges on speculation. [/quote]
As stated, if I'm wrong, why doesn't MCPS release those numbers.  It's a bit like Trump and his tax returns. He doesn't want to release them because there's something in there that he doesn't want you to know about. Same with MCPS.

If this wasn't the only way to increase URM participation then why change the methodology?  Why not just to implement the wider testing without changing the methodology or looking at the cohort?  Seriously, you guys are ignoring the obvious.[/quote]

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