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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, your analysis is indeed shaky. The fact hat you made the large leap by assuming mixed race means black/white and black/white kids at Deal fall into bad crowds (black) at Deal kind of threw it for me. You then go on to defend your not using other DC schools because guy said there were a handful of schools that aren't horrible. That's not the same as saying Brent is as good as Janney etc. You didn't even reference Ross (probably the best school in DC) and you didn't reference Shepherd (and adjust for demographics as you did with other school). My guess is because it's too black for you. [/quote]

OP here.

You caught me. I'm a not-so-closeted racist. I've been trying to advance my white supremacy agenda by omitting certain schools from my volunteer analysis. I would have succeeded had your powers of discernment not caught me. Bravo to you. The community is much better for your presence and owes you a debt of gratitude. (Just to test your skill, I've hidden a message within this paragraph. See if you can find it.)

With the exception of Hearst, which was an omission, I chose the schools closest to the supposed best MoCo schools. (And for the MoCo schools, I chose the ones with data closest to DC.) My goal was to help inform someone considering moving to one side of the border or the other. There is no point in including Churchilll feeders since the peso looking to move into WCHS feeder zone is unlikely to be considering also staying inside the DC border.

I would compare Shephard to the Silver Spring schools, not the western MoCo schools since, again, they are geographically proximate.

You are welcome to perform analysis on any schools you choose. We will wait with bated breath.

As for mixed-race, I simply compared them. Lacking any data or credible knowledge about the potentially different composition of mixed-race families, this or omission are the only reasonable choices. [/quote]

Problem is you didn't "simply compare" mixed race. You drew quite a huge inference.

I quote, "Finally, an odd note: multiple race (two or more) advanced math students perform better at the MoCo schools than at the DC schools. This may confirm the fears of parents of mixed-race children that their children fall into the “wrong” peer group when surrounded by a more diverse student body. It is certainly something worth monitoring going-forward."

Deal is more diverse (more black) and did worse in this category so you're assuming the mixed race kids at Deal hang around the wrong peer group (ie, all black kids) and therefore do poorly on tests. There is no way to get away from that statement. [/quote]

You do realize that most AA are of mixed race![/quote]

NP. Sure, but they don't check mixed race on box. You're being obtuse.[/quote]

The Census should start counting Obtuse Americans.

So many of them, yet so systematically overlooked.[/quote]

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