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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS IMO is on the right track by rethinking how merit is gauged. It should ultimately strengthen the program by identifying better candidates, not just alumni of Dr. Li's prep academy.[/quote]

Actually, 2.0 did more harm to URM students. They are worse off in their understanding and knowledge of content. But when you are riding the gravy train of affirmative action, and when MCPS itself has become less than mediocre then optics matter more than reality.

[b]Let MCPS make public the test scores of every student who took the test, and let them show that they took the top students.  MCPS cannot identify better candidates by playing the race card. [/b] Being Dr. Li's alumni is not a bad thing. What is bad is students who do not work hard at school, who are aspiring to have careers in being the dregs of the society. I hope parents and students choose academics over other things. [/quote]

Listen to yourself, PP.[/quote]

Listen to yourself. Transparency is needed. Schools are about learning and not MCPS changing criteria for students admissions to competitive programs based on the color of their skin.  Shame on MCPS and shame on the dotard who gave money to Metis for this study.  They need to make public the scores of students who got in.  This is a standard practice around the world.  That way you know if you have earned a spot because of your abilities vs your race.  It casts a shadow in the achievement of any URM student who actually gets in because of their merit because they get painted by the brush of being a product of affirmative action.  You think this does not create divisions and suspicion? You think as prospective employers people will not be wary of the qualification of URM students? There are repercussions that will continue for a long time.

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