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[quote=Anonymous]The racial data chart is very interesting.
In 2015-16, when it was up to parents applying the top racial groups were:
1. African American and Asian (very close numbers, in that order)
2. White
3. Hispanic

In 2016-17 when it was MCPS, school teams doing the selecting or identification the top groups were:
1. African American (BY FAR the largest group)
2. White
3. Asian and Hispanic (close numbers in that order)

I didn't realize so many African American families had previously been applying. All the rhetoric from the school district made it seem like the information wasn't getting out to URM families, both African American and Hispanic, and that's why their kids weren't getting in.

The data makes it seem like Asian parents were recommending students who may not have really been qualified but I think it just shows the clear bias in how the district manipulated the pilot programs against APAs. They put them in places where URMs were overrepresented and it's possible teachers and schools doing the recommending were told their goal is to increase URMs so there was a conscious or subconscious bias towards APAs.

Positive news is that it's nice to see them identifying more Hispanic students for consideration.

Negative is the second chart with selected students shows that  they are still not admitting a very high % of FARMS students. That tells me that the problem starts sooner than 3rd grade and that by that time many kids may already very behind their peers. I know the district is putting more resources into enrichment in the early years but I think they need to do even more. All the time and resources wasted making the numbers look good for this pilot study could have been spent identifying kids who are 5 and 6 who have FARMS status and giving them more access to tutors, enrichment classes and other things that many middle-class students in MCPS take for granted.
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