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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lets be honest - this is tough stuff to understand (see previous 22 pages.) I doubt many of the people even RUNNING the process truly grasp every minute detail of the algorithm and how it sorts or works.  The person here who seems to have the strongest grasp is a self-admitted statistician who has likely had years and years of formal education in the field.

If I were in charge, I may withhold certain information that I could safely assume will only confuse the masses and thereby lead to an attempt at gaming the system that will only penalize them - them being everyone who hasn't had years and years of graduate level math.  In this case, the best instruction I could give them is the simple: rank in order of true preference.  [/quote]

I agree completely, because I have lived this reality.  I've seen what happens when a high stakes process that is being rolled out for the first time gives too much info to the general public: the confusion that ensues, the anger when people realize they agonized over details that totally didn't impact the outcomes, the places where people gave up because they thought they couldn't participate because they didn't understand.

No one is saying there is enough clear, concise info out there about this year's lottery from a "parent making their choices" perspective.  But the idea that the public (yes, the taxpaying public, which I am part of) needs the SAME amount of detail/same level of detail is uninformed, and I say that as someone who has had to actually make these kinds of roll outs a reality, and seen the costs and benefits of how much info is not enough, how much is too much, etc.  Not expecting anyone to believe me just because of this, but want to say yes, I totally agree to this PP and the other who said the same thing.[/quote]

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