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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The $$$ test prep industry was aggravating the disparity in representation at TJ.

It wasn't the only issue, but it certainly was easier to address than the long-term effects of redlining. 
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What were the long term effects of redlining?

The population of non whites in fairfax was tiny
88k white, 9.7K blacks and no separately measurable hispanics to speak of in 1950 (also 100 asians and 40 all others combined)
260K white, 13.8K blacks and no measurable hispanic population in 1960 (also 900 asians and 94 all others combined)
435K white, 15.8K blacks and no measurable hispanic population in 1970 (also 2200 asians and 1100 all others combined)
539K white, 36K black , 26K all other minority combined in 1980.

How did they redline against the hispanics that weren't here?
And why didn't they redline against the largest non-black minority group, asians?

It wasn't test prep that was aggravating racial disparity at tj.  It was any sort of merit based testing.  For a few years people got it in their heads that tests were racist.

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Redlining is just one example of how systemic racism still affects people today. There are many ways that people end up with limited opportunities.

Expensive test prep certainly aggravated the disparity. Look at the results from the test prep companies. 
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The first year of quant q when noone could prep, we saw the gap shrink a bit but the next year, it went right back to where it was before.  
[b]You can't have a test that relies on the element of surprise and maintain long term viability.[/b]
Testing is still be best way we have of determining academic ability.  If we want some racial diversity we can still impose the 1.5% rule and a FARM preference, but eliminating testing has made the admissions process inconsistent with the goals of selecting math and science students.

Sure, writing ability is an academic ability but we are picking a basketball team based on batting averages.[/quote]

This is another way of saying "You can't use a standardized test and keep things fair for kids without resources".[/quote]

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