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[quote=Anonymous]I think we all should wait and see what the scores are for each sub-group.

How is it fair to compare a school where the total SAT population is 70% upper income white, 20% upper income asian and 10% black/hispanic (incomes??) to a school where the SAT-taking population is 50% black and hispanic  (or more) and 50% (or less) middle income white?

It is not a secret that across the state and across the nation, black and hispanic kids don't score as highly on SAT tests.  It is also not a secret that as income rises (even for kids with HHI above 100k) scores rise in direct relation to the HHI.  I've seen graphs on this on line.  I was surprised there was any effect over a certain income (say 100K).  But there is an increasing linear relationship.

So, when people trot out these school-wide averages, I think it is a farce.  Since everyone seems to be talking about Wakefield, look at the scores of the white kids at Wakefield... that's meaningful in comparison to other white kids.  If the Wakefield ave. SAT scores is comprised of 70% hispanic kids and 30% white kids -- well, gee, surprise, surprise.... it's not going to be anywhere near the average score of Langley where 95% of the test-takers are white/asian kids from households that make 200k or more.

I think we need to be careful about maligning an entire school simply b/c it may have more test-takers who are not high income and who are hispanic or black.  You're essentially penalizing schools that encourage their lower students to try the SAT.  Some schools have few to none of those students from low-income, non-college-educated parents-households.[/quote]

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