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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I hate to say this, but I have to wonder if there has been some gender or racial bias in who was selected for testing. Why the heck didn't they just give the same test to every kid?[/quote]

[quote]Really. If you think your snowflake should have been tested then talk to your principal, but it's not that hard to identify the kids who seem ready for more challenging math. I'm not a teacher, but the difference in abilities was pretty clear to me after volunteering in math just a handful of times.[/quote]

OP who asked the question re gender or racial bias here.  I really don't follow this comment.  If math abilities are so plain to see after a couple of volunteering sessions, then what's the harm in giving every child the test?  It's only one data point.  Unconscious bias (I'm not suggesting any intentional bias) is impossible to police if you don't give every student the same test.  One of the scores that Jay Matthews uses to test the quality of high schools is whether AP classes are sufficiently open - that there's not a preselection as to which students should be allowed to take the test.  How is pre-selecting the students allowed to take the test for CM any different?[/quote]

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