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North Thurston Public Schools saw more than 800 students taking summer school classes early in the summer. Around 620 students will complete classes next week.
Rantz: District reclassified Asians with whites when they did too well academically
Students pre-COVID at a North Thurston Public School. (Photo: screen grab)
A Washington school district removed Asian students from their “students of color” category after data showed they were doing too well academically. Instead, they were lumped in with white students. It dramatically skewed the overall academic outlook for students of color.
The resulting data was used to imply students of color minus Asians were doing worse than white students. Those stats coincidentally supported the district’s progressive worldview, blaming a racist society for inequity.
Only after pushback did the district reverse course, pulling the document down from their website.