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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

:roll:  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]

Wrong.  PP may be on to something.  At DCs school 65% of the kids in CM5 are boys.  This strongly suggests that there is gender bias in the selection procedure.[/quote]

Although I agree that there is likely racial and gender bias in the selection procedure (as well as selection bias against gifted/ld kids), the 65% stat doesn't necessary mean that the bias is entirely in the selection procedure.  It could be a reflection of post-selection acceptance of the acceleration offer, i.e. more boys and their families decide to take the acceleration than girls, or it could be a reflection of bias in the classroom and/or home environment where boys may be taught/encouraged differently than girls.

Having had 2 kids go thru the selection process for accelerated math and various gifted programs, I know there are serious biases in the selection procedure. [/quote]

The only students in my child's HGC class who aren't in compacted math are boys. All of the girls are in CM.  And there are more girls in the HGC than boys.  [/quote]

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