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Pp here.  I agree with you, that's why I also stated earlier that using this measure alone would not go over well.  I stated that we should do this same thing (rely only on tests) in jest.

It doesn't matter when the kid takes the test, and whether the parent knows when it is.  They will still prep.

It won't matter if we rely on the InView or the HGC test alone, there is no sure fire way to make it completely equitable because life isn't equitable.  Some kids will have been "prepped" at home by parents who provide enriching activities like puzzles and what not, which helps with cognitive abilities.  The only way to make it equitable is to put all kids in a state run facility the minute they are born, and they are all treated exactly the same.  Never going to happen, either.[/quote]

Things will never be perfectly equitable. But there are certainly things that MCPS can do to reduce the inequities, and MCPS should do those things.[/quote]
and they are trying, like providing more services to Title 1 schools, etc. If they want to do more outreach in those communities, that's great, too.

But, one thing they should not do to try to make it equitable is to lower the standards for URM. That is not making it equitable.  That is having different standards for different groups of people.[/quote]

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