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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS is all about equity which means watering down standards across the board. There are plenty of bright students in every Ward of this city who are getting short-changed by these policies. It's more important to teach to the middle to the bottom of the class. Social promotion and easy grading doesn't help any of the kids. The admissions process being changed at Walls is yet another reflection of these equity goals. DCPS doesn't care if kids get in to Walls who are below grade level but still meet the GPA cut off due to the easy grading at their crappy middle school. They know a 3.8 at one school isn't always equal to a 3.8 at a different school and they don't care.

And before anyone accuses me of being the parent of a kid who didn't get into Walls, my oldest is only in middle school now so we aren't there just yet. I've been watching the stuff happening at Walls for a few years now as a potential option for high school. But it's seeming even more luck of the draw as the years go by.
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Might I suggest that you stop making assumptions and disparaging comments about the students who are actually enrolled at Walls? You are looking in from the outside and coming off as a real jerk. I have a kid at Walls and have found the student body to be  bright, self-motivated, and extremely independent.[/quote]

DP. What PP above says is absolutely correct about equity.  I don’t see any assumptions or disparaging comments.

Sure there are bright students at Walls but you can’t dispute data which is objective that there are students there who are below grade level and not so bright.[/quote]

There have always been some kids below grade level at Walls.  There were kids who got 50% on the math admissions who were admitted.[/quote]

You just made my point about equity.  These kids should not be admitted.

Now compare the percentage of kids who were below grade level when the test was given and the percentage after the test was taken away.
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