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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Currently in 3rd grade.  No application needed -- centrally reviewed.  Locally-normed 85th percentile (see exception, below) on Winter MAP-R (window currently open).  (Fall, or best of Fall and last Spring, now for math, is used in 5th grade for criteria-based MS magnets.)  Grades of A in 2nd marking period (current one) for Writing and Social Studies.  2nd marking period reading level marked as on or above ("ABV").  All criteria must be met.

Locally normed 85th %ile means that they take all the elementaries and determine their FARMS-rate tranche -- 5 of those from low-FARMS to high-FARMS -- determine the MAP RIT score that was met or exceeded by the top 15% of scorers from the population of those schools, and then let all such scorers from those schools through that particular criterion-gate (still need the grades, etc.).  That changes from year to year.  For low-FARMS schools, that could end up being a national 95th %ile or higher, as those schools tend to have a large proportion of high scorers.  Local norming is seen as a best practice to make comparisons across dissimilar populations.

For those receiving services (FARMS, EML, 504, IEP) the criterion becomes a locally-normed 70th %ile.[/quote]

Where is this information found? I couldn’t open the link and our school has not talked about enrichment or CES programs or anything at all. I had no idea having a 504 would make it easier to get into the lottery- my child’s 504 has very little to do with anything academic. She’s meeting the 85 percent criteria no problem so I guess it feels weird to think people might gossip she got a leg up for a medical 504. So odd.[/quote]

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