Richmond public schools have separated the SAT scores of their high schools from those of the regional Maggie L. Walker Governor's School after criticism from a local state lawmaker and a political consultant.
And when the governor's school students are removed, the district's mean combined SAT score drops nearly 200 points.
Del. Joseph D. Morrissey, D-Henrico, said this month that Richmond was wrongly taking credit for the SAT scores of high-performing students at Maggie Walker.
At that time, Richmond school officials said they had no plans to change the numbers. However, the district recently recalculated the mean scores posted on the school system's website and added a notation that Maggie Walker students were excluded.
An asterisk also was included to note that Maggie Walker is a regional governor's school and not part of the Richmond school system. Richmond is the fiscal agent for the governor's school.
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Blacks and Hispanics are ALREADY graded on a different scale than Whites or Asians for the SAT and the ACT exams--when are we going to realise that Affirmative Action has only led to MORE ignorance and apathy from those benefitting? Tests should not even ASk gender or race--
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