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Reply to "New York Top Schools - Top marks largely go to Asians. Bill de Blasio wants to change the exams"
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[quote=Anonymous]We are not talking about universities, folks. We are talking about a public HS. I wonder if de Blasio's kid had tutors, did prep tests. Also, in the article "Moreover, looser entry criteria may merely boost white pupils. Sean Corcoran of New York University has found that offers based on state test scores, grades and [b]attendance[/b] would increase the share of Hispanic and white students in the specialised high schools, and reduce Asians, but would not increase the proportion of blacks.[b] Inequalities in achievement, he writes, are “baked in long before high school”. " [/b]- Looking at attendance is like giving every kid a trophy for just showing up. This would hurt a kid's chances who gets sick often, or who got the measles one year. And that last line is absolutely correct. If the de Blasio wants to level the playing field, then that's what he needs to look at - inequalities prior to HS.[/quote]
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