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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is the Asians and Indians who cheat on these tests, far more than other groups.[/quote]

"Emphasizing and weighing GBRS works against minorities including Asians (partially due to language, not being as assertive/active participants etc.) and the [b]whites are the ones mostly engaged in prepping 2nd graders[/b]. In addition, white parents are more likely to visit the school/classroom to volunteer and explain their kids to teacher and other school officials and submit examples. Another scam to limit the number of minorities and increase the number of white kids just like at the top colleges. Perhaps the dilution of the AAP and the out of control expansion of the program is mostly due to these above average but not gifted kids taking up spots in AAP."[/quote]

+100  Citation?[/quote]

I have never seen concrete data on who preps the most.  Anecdotally, the prep books are sold in Korean and Indian groceries; the prep classes that I have seen advertised show pictures of non-white kids.  I had never heard of the test prep businesses...and I am a white person in a upper middle class professional neighborhood.  It is not the whites that prep.[/quote]

We get most of our "prep" books at Costco and B&N.  I'm white, and by the definition of "prep" used in DCUM I guess we prep.  Though, seriously, I still think it's just studying. There's a nuance that thrives on this board and nowhere else that makes some kind of distinction. We buy every workbook we can find and the kids wear them out.[/quote]

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