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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Merit-based high school admission is so gross.[/quote]
you sound like a teenager.

Why is it "gross"?  Why shouldn't very highly able students attend a merit based program?

Did you know that in some public HS, a student cannot opt to take AP classes, that they have to take AP placement exams to take the class?  Is that "gross", too?[/quote]

That is definitely gross. AP classes should be open to all. Merit based magnet programs are more complicated [/quote]

Sure [b]open the AP program to all but teach the same curriculum and don’t lower standards and be ready to give D’s and F’s if warranted.[/b]

I don’t have a problem with the above scenario but what ultimately happens is standards are lowered.  [/quote]

This will not happen.  Because it will objectively document continued racial disparities.  The goal of reducing these disparities has already led to AP exam redesigns that de-emphasize factual content knowledge, and provide reading passages and very stylized essay formats. - AP teacher[/quote]

I don’t quite understand what you are trying to say.  Are you saying learning information and content is no longer important?  And that AP exams now are just reading passages and answering questions from those passages??[/quote]

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