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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The argument in favor of limited testing is that unlimited testing contributes to inequities because kids with less means cannot pay for the second/third/fourth test and cannot pay for the the prep in between to bolster the second/third/fourth test scores.  The argument against limited testing, paradoxically, can also be used to support equities, in that children who have been prepped beforehand or just have base knowledge that can help will get a leg up versus those who don't even know what they are getting into with the first exam.  Doesn't occur so much in our rarefied DMV atmosphere because the schools have prep etc. But in other more rural or inner cities areas, it definitely has an effect.[/quote]

The test is free if you are FARMS, they can take it as many times as they like.  Test prep is also free on kahn academy and is really the only prep needed to do well[/quote]

Firstly, Khan is not the same as 1-1 test prep.  What might take 20 hours with Khan can be done with 2-4 hours for 1-1 tutor after a simple baseline test. 
2nd, many who qualify for FARMS may not have the TIME to invest in test prep.  If you are working 20 hour/week job, going to HS and taking advanced courses and helping watch grandma or your younger siblings while your parent is at work (as in parent works 8pm to 4am and it's your job to put dinner on the table, clean up, make sure siblings do their HW and get ready for bed, and get everything ready for the morning for school for the household).  
So it shows your privilege if you think Oh it's free for FARMS kids, they can just use Khan in their free time.  [/quote]

The response was to PP saying "because kids with less means cannot pay for the second/third/fourth test and cannot pay for the the prep in between to bolster the second/third/fourth test scores.". PAY is the key word.  You are now trying to argue that some kids don't have TIME.  Completely different argument which many kids across a variety of incomes face.  [/quote]

But the TIME largely impacts the lower income kids the most. Their lives are typically very different than most with privilege can even imagine.  Heck even the privilege of being able to take the test again on a Sat morning (when you typically work at your job on Saturdays--ask for too many days off and you wont' get your 20 hours a week or you will simply not have a job) is key.  UMC/Rich kids simply do not have this issue.  Their days are "busy" filled with optional ECs and socializing.  Where the poor/LMC kids days are filled with non-optional activities like jobs (that contribute to the family not towards their spending money) and simply taking care of siblings or elderly family members.  [/quote]

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