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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Considering the cogat is only represented by fcps kids, with 12000 kids taking the test, there are 120 in the 99 percentile.  Simple as that.[/quote]

PP here. Not sure that's true.  Admittedly know very little about the cogat, but my quick research suggests it is nor end against more than just the FCPS student body.  In which case it is entirely possible that more than 1% of FCPS students score in the 99% of the test.  In fact, to go back to my earlier point about regional demographics being skewed toward the higher percentile a on just these types of measures, I would in fact be shocked if it were only 1% of kids.[/quote]''

This is a very transient area.

Most people choose to live here because of the schools.  Many coming in from out of state choose fcps specifically for the extensive gifted program.  It stands to reason that with so many more people moving into this area for the schools, you are going to have a higher number of exceptionally well scoring kids than an area that is not so transient (and whose transients are not so educated)

Most areas of the country do not have the steady, yearly influx of new residents who are highly educated with higher socioeconomic status.[/quote]

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