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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, Banneker's average SAT scores are slightly above the national average, in the low 500s.  Banneker admins and parents routinely claim that the SAT is racist on these boards, favoring affluent white kids who can afford expensive test prep.  Actually, kids can do all the free test prep they want on Khan Academy on-line (Khan has a contract with Educational Testing Services to provide free test prep for the new SAT, which was rolled out last year). Kids scoring in the low 500s just can't be reading much for pleasure, or doing well in algebra and geometry. [/quote]

But still when comparing, you ought to compare Banneker's averages to nationwide AA averages or nationwide poverty averages and you will see Banneker scores quite higher than true peer comparisons. With so many smart Ivy grads in this board, I'm always surprised when people blindly assess Banneker against a non peer group. Isn't that the first thing they teach you when studying averages? [/quote]

And Banneker did very well on the PARCC Math and English assessments, so I think they are likely doing just fine in algebra and geometry.  I doubt that online Khan Academy test prep can really double for the center-based test prep other kids get, and perhaps at Banneker students are too busy with class work to prep? [/quote]

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