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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the problem is that outside of the VA colleges the students will be compared by Country/ region. So my child who doesn’t get to take retakes at Madison will be compared to another student at McLean who does. As mentioned the practices are not similar to the assessments and are not graded so students don’t know what to expect or fully understand how much they know the content before they take the assessment. It really is pushing students to a B[/quote]
Isn’t this being implemented across FCPS?[/quote]

How does that help the current students? [/quote]
The PP was saying students from other FCPS schools have an advantage over Madison students but this won’t be the case [b]if[/b] it’s implemented everywhere.[/quote]

Yes, I’m aware of what she was trying to say. The operative word is IF. This is unhelpful to any current students who have any any time with this garbage before it’s implemented elsewhere. [b]All current students are disadvantaged[/b]. [/quote]

Patently false. Current Madison students are not disadvantaged because colleges only compare Madison kids against other Madison kids. Not against any other kids from any other FCPS school. This is basic knowledge of the college application process. Comparing strength of course load among Madison kids is the primary factor.[/quote]

I just don’t believe this. I don’t see how admissions officers have time to understand  the inner workings of each fcps high school against another when the number of applications just keeps going up and up. It is a five second look at GPA and course load. [/quote]

Exactly -- admissions officers [i]don't[/i] try to understand the differences between all of the different high schools. That's an impossible task. They simply compare applications only against kids from the same high school as if they are in their own bubble. That's how differences between schools are normalized and removed as a variable. [/quote]

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