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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For last few weeks I've been having my child do some practice SCAT tests for the math part of the MS magnet test.    The intermediate SCAT (since designed for 6-9th graders) is surprisingly hard.    S[b]eems really unfair to me that they are going to test these kids on advanced math when they have not offered them any path to learn it - after talking away all meaningful acceleration other than compact math. [/b]  Luckily my child seems to pick things up easy but I am pretty annoyed with this whole thing.[/quote]

The effect is that kids learning math outside of MCPS (Kumon, Dr. Li's prep class etc.) will be the ones admitted.[/quote]

There is no possible way for you to know this, given

1. You don't know what the test actually is.
2. You don't know which of the applicants did prep classes and which didn't.
3. You don't know the test scores of the applicants.
4. You don't know which of the applicants were admitted.
5. You don't know what the test scores of the applicants who did prep classes would have been if they had not done prep classes.

Even if you went around asking all of the sixth-grade students in the program right now whether or not they did prep classes, and they all answered honestly, you still wouldn't know this. However, if you want to spend thousands of dollars on prep classes, you are free to do so. There are plenty of people who will be happy to take your money.[/quote]

I do know that the test has not changed since MCPS stopped offering accelerated math.  By definition that means that kids are not able to be prepared for it as they could be e.g. 6 years ago.

~Parent to two TPMS magnet kids, now Blair magnet kids[/quote]

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