Middle School magnet decisions?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a question regarding the magnet process. Once, the test results are mailed , do you have to apply (if you are eligible?)

Test results are not mailed. You are either accepted or not.

The CogAT scores with number of correct answers showed up in the parent portal. We then received a recommendation letter that also included the MCPS percentiles (and national's as well) in the mail.

My DD with slow processing speed didn’t finish any of the sections. Does it say correct/wrong/unanswered, or just number correct?

It tells you the total number of questions, the number attempted by your student, and the number correct. My kid is somewhat slow with math and only attempted 36 questions, but got 35 of them correct -- that was more useful for me to know than just being told she got 36 out of 52 correct.

Is that just informational, or does it affect the scoring? If you get 35 out of 36 answered, is that better, worse, or the same as answering all 52 and getting 35 right?

This is the PP with the kid who got 35/36. I don't think it affected her CogAT scoring (she got a 91st age percentile, 87th grade percentile). However, she did get offered TPMS admission -- I don't know if the review panel saw or considered this info or not, or whether her admission offer was based on other criteria (PARCC, MAP, grades, cohort, etc.). I also noticed when researching this after I got my kid's score that the offical scoring guide (here, see page 6) discusses a "many items omitted" marker, for when "the student omitted ten or more items but correctly answered 80 percent or more of the items attempted." The guide says that this means "The student apparently adopted an extremely slow but accurate response style. Scores for such students should be considered minimum estimates of their cognitive development." Again, though, I have no idea if the review panel saw or considered this.

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Anonymous wrote:Our home MS need us to send the course registration form back by Jan 15th? Will we know magnet selection decision before that?

You might not know by then. Last year, we had to submit the course registration to the home middle school, but then it was superseded by the magnet acceptance and registration.