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[quote=Anonymous]The point is that MC/UMC kids tend to do relatively well, regardless of where they are. Take Watkins Mill, for example. The school's overall GS score is 4, but White and Asian kids' test scores are a 7. Yes, lower than the 9s and 10s you see at the W schools (and QO), but much higher than the Hispanic and Black kids at Watkins Mill, whose scores are a 2. Point being, black and hispanic kids (for reasons that are out of their control and which require a much broader discussion) tend to score lower than white and Asian kids. When you're looking at schools in the same district (so implementing the same curriculum) this means that the metrics normally used to determine a school's quality really become a proxy for the school's demographic, making it ridiculous for W parents to say W schools are objectively better. [/quote]
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