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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I'm not sure I understand what all of this means...but my DC doesn't meet all the criteria. I guess the message doesn't mean that you qualify for the lottery but just that my child will be reviewed? 
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I think so.  All 3rd graders are reviewed amd should be notified.  Central placement from the criteria qualifies a student for the CES lottery pool and ELC at the home school, if not awarded a CES spot by lottery.

Central review is a qualifier for ELC, but not an absolute disqualifier if not all criteria are met.  (It is for the CES lottery, barring appeal.)  Local schools have the ability to manage class sizes/logistics, and may be open to additional students being placed in ELC.  If your DC is a strong/enthusiastic reader/writer, have a chat with your teacher and school administration, though you might want to give them breathing space until the central review process finishes.  Maybe March?
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