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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son did not get in the pool for the CES. His MAP-R scores were in the 94 percentile for Fall 2021 and 90 percentile for Winter 2021. While I don't think he is suited/qualified for the CES, I am hoping he will get into the ELC (His school offers the ELC.)

How hard is it to get into the ELC if a student was not in the CES pool?

Will the Spring Map-R be used for the selection?

If a student did not get selected for the ELC at the 4th grade, can the student still have a chance for the 5th grade?

Thanks in advance.

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Even at one of the higher-performing schools, those scores should've been sufficient for the CES pool. The bar isn't that high and MCPS scores are within a few percent of national norms according to the data they've shared. There are other reasons a student might be disqualified like getting less than an A in.a relevant subject like writing. I would appeal the selection or lack thereof because this seems off and definitely contact the school about ELC.[/quote]

This is not true. Call MCPS and get the facts - at the lowest FARMS schools, a student needed a winter MAP-R score in the 96th percentile and higher to qualify for the pool. My DD's 95th percentile winter MAP-R was "locally normed" down to the 83rd percentile and she didn't qualify for the pool solely because of that (need to be 85+ after local norming).[/quote]

Where did you find this information?

You [i]know[/i] that the requirement is 96th for low-FARMS schools, and also that your daughter's 95th was downgraded to 83rd? Please share your sources.[/quote]

I’m not the PP, but I am hearing this exact info for the cut off too. Coming from DCCAPS. Also hearing there were 5 tiers of local norm cohorts. So if you were in a school with very low FARMS the scores really did get adjusted significantly with local norming.

OP, the office of AEI will centrally recommend which kids should get ELC. Schools will get a list. Then principals will have leeway to add in other students who have data that is near the cut off or who have strong spring data. Some principals are more flexible about giving kids a chance, others are more rigid in using the central office recommendation. But your child’s scores are likely strong enough to make a case/request with your principal even if your child doesn’t get on the list from central office. No one knows what criteria or cut offs they will use bc ELC is relatively new and their process this year is different from past years. [/quote]

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