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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Instead of dumbing down the merit based admission, why can't the district focus on providing high quality tutoring services to all underprivileged students from the elementary school level, to bring up kids' potential? 
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"Dumbing down" anything is not on the table. What is on the table is either removing or changing the emphasis on an exam that does little to identify students' potential in STEM and instead takes a snapshot of what they've already been exposed to. Based on the current admissions process, a student could get a perfect score on the math and science exams, but if they're not one of the top 25% in the country on the English exam for whatever reason, they don't make the semifinalist round because it's a hard cutoff. Is that a good way to get the best STEM kids?

There are plenty of ways to measure merit in this process that don't discriminate in favor of families with resources who are able to get their kids to expensive and time-consuming tutoring.

And yes, any changes that happen moving forward to FCPS's advanced academic profile will include improving access to and the product of the AAP environment. It's a false choice to suggest that we can or should only do one or the other.

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