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Anonymous wrote:PISA 2018 – Average Score of Mathematics, Science and Reading:


1. China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang) 578.7
2. Singapore 556.3
3. Macao 542.3
4. Hong Kong, China 530.7
5. Estonia 525.3
6. Japan 520.0
7. South Korea 519.7
8. Canada 516.7
Taiwan 516.7
10. Finland 516.3
11. Poland 513.0
12. Ireland 504.7
13. Slovenia 503.7
United Kingdom 503.7
15. New Zealand 502.7
16. Netherlands 502.3
Sweden 502.3
18. Denmark 501.0
19. Germany 500.3
20. Belgium 500.0
21. Australia 499.0
22. Switzerland 498.0
23. Norway 496.7
24. Czechia 495.3
25. United States 495.0


Please look at the top 10. How many Asian countries are there?

What's the point? To proclaim that Asians are smarter and that American school systems should set up magnet schools to cater to them? Racist much?

If you dug into the PISA 2018 data, you'd find that the FCPS average (vs. the United States average) was 527, higher than Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

We don't need a segregated semi-private academy.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's set the record straight. Parents of underprivileged children are NOT in this forum! They are NOT the ones who said to get rid of AAP and TJ. You know who you are and be honest.

It never ceases to amaze me how little people understand the concept of "caring about other people" and "believing in causes that don't affect you".

what about caring about the AAP kids?

I do care about the AAP kids. And research continually proves that they would be better served from an academic perspective in an environment that contains legitimate diversity.

Anonymous wrote:PISA 2018 – Average Score of Mathematics, Science and Reading:


1. China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang) 578.7
2. Singapore 556.3
3. Macao 542.3
4. Hong Kong, China 530.7
5. Estonia 525.3
6. Japan 520.0
7. South Korea 519.7
8. Canada 516.7
Taiwan 516.7
10. Finland 516.3
11. Poland 513.0
12. Ireland 504.7
13. Slovenia 503.7
United Kingdom 503.7
15. New Zealand 502.7
16. Netherlands 502.3
Sweden 502.3
18. Denmark 501.0
19. Germany 500.3
20. Belgium 500.0
21. Australia 499.0
22. Switzerland 498.0
23. Norway 496.7
24. Czechia 495.3
25. United States 495.0


Please look at the top 10. How many Asian countries are there?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's set the record straight. Parents of underprivileged children are NOT in this forum! They are NOT the ones who said to get rid of AAP and TJ. You know who you are and be honest.

It never ceases to amaze me how little people understand the concept of "caring about other people" and "believing in causes that don't affect you".

what about caring about the AAP kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Let's set the record straight. Parents of underprivileged children are NOT in this forum! They are NOT the ones who said to get rid of AAP and TJ. You know who you are and be honest.

The School Board has heard testimony from parents of FARMS-eligible students expressing regret they can't afford the extras for their kids that would make them more attractive TJ candidates.

But please keep ignoring their voices and pretending that 2.0% FARMS TJ is full of low-income families too proud and self-reliant to accept assistance. The rest of us know better.

Anonymous wrote:And India did not participate in PISA in 2018

Anonymous wrote:PISA 2018 – Average Score of Mathematics, Science and Reading:


1. China (Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang) 578.7
2. Singapore 556.3
3. Macao 542.3
4. Hong Kong, China 530.7
5. Estonia 525.3
6. Japan 520.0
7. South Korea 519.7
8. Canada 516.7
Taiwan 516.7
10. Finland 516.3
11. Poland 513.0
12. Ireland 504.7
13. Slovenia 503.7
United Kingdom 503.7
15. New Zealand 502.7
16. Netherlands 502.3
Sweden 502.3
18. Denmark 501.0
19. Germany 500.3
20. Belgium 500.0
21. Australia 499.0
22. Switzerland 498.0
23. Norway 496.7
24. Czechia 495.3
25. United States 495.0


Please look at the top 10. How many Asian countries are there?

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Anonymous wrote:The school needs a major over haul in its admissions and anti cheating policies. 80% Asian? What’s that about? And don’t tell me they just test better.

It would be 90% without the racial discrimination against Asian American applicants.

And how much would it be without prepping?

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Anonymous wrote:The school needs a major over haul in its admissions and anti cheating policies. 80% Asian? What’s that about? And don’t tell me they just test better.

It would be 90% without the racial discrimination against Asian American applicants.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's set the record straight. Parents of underprivileged children are NOT in this forum! They are NOT the ones who said to get rid of AAP and TJ. You know who you are and be honest.

It never ceases to amaze me how little people understand the concept of "caring about other people" and "believing in causes that don't affect you".

what about caring about the AAP kids?

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Anonymous wrote:The issue is not prepping.

The issue is that 25% of the incoming freshman class is coming from a single prep company that multiple current students have said publically on the internet that the owner helped them to cheat on the TJ admissions test.

It doesn't matter the race of the company's owner. This should be investigated and STOPPED.

Defund AAP.

So sad. If we cannot get into AAP, let's come together to destroy the program.

It was probably said in the same vein as "Defund Police" - i.e, scale back and refocus.

No one who is being honest doesn't acknowledge that AAP in FCPS in its current form is a bloated system that promotes segregation by both race and income. And TJ has all the foibles of AAP writ large.