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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Walls vs TJ: Apples and Oranges

Walls was always diverse, including with the test. Dropping the test has done nothing to increase diversity...just swapped out less qualified white kids.  [/quote]

^^This. Walls has always courted  students of color and understandably so even if they skew more affluent/UMC.  Unlike Banneker Walls has virtually no economically disadvantaged students. The most qualified white students used to have a reasonable shot with the test over other white students.  Now it's a total crapshoot. [/quote]

From what I understand, Walls was majority black before the admission test was instituted.  It's no crapshoot. Top GPAs and interview, plain and simple. You may not like it but it's pretty clear.[/quote]

An interview is the MOST subjective way to evaluate 8th graders.  And having kids who conducted the interview process, yes, it's a total crapshoot.

Add to that, a GPA coming out of certain middle schools is not equivalent to a GPA coming out of other middle schools (e.g. Jefferson vs. BASIS).

At least a test sets a certain universal academic standard that students must meet in order to gain admission. [/quote]

The test should be pass/fail.  You pass, you advance.  You fail, you do not advance.  I would even be cool with a re-take option.  But to have no objective standard is ridiculous.

Equating GPAs and schools is like comparing teachers-one harder than the other for the same subject. No way to fix that. We went thru the process as well as multiple private school interviews. There wasn't much difference besides the essay's required from privates. I do think testing should be a component but not the dominant one. The interview does help distinguish a kid that wants to attend vs parents that wants it for the kid.  That's a complaint I've heard from a lot of educators. Kids even bomb things on purpose. [/quote][/quote]

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