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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
There's a summary on page 8 of that thread that affirms the earlier posters arguemnt.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/105/951999.page

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MAP-M and Math magnet results:
232 - not in pool
234 - not in pool
242 - in pool
244 - in pool (selected)
245 - in pool
252 - in pool (selected)
255 - not in pool
255 - in pool
262 - in pool
268 - in pool
272 - in pool (and in-bounds for TPMS, but not selected)
283 - in pool

MAP-R and Humanities magnet results:
235 - in pool
235 - in pool
237 - in pool
238 - in pool
239- in pool (selected)
240- not in pool
240 - in pool
240 - in pool
240 - in pool
245 - in pool
245 - in pool
256 - in pool
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Students with higher scores were not admitted while admission seemed random and were lower than years past.

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A 242 cutoff in MAP Math means the pool was made up of 98 precent scorers and above. I think a lottery that uses such a high cutoff is fair, or at least as fair as we can get given the difficulties of this past year and considering that MAP tests for exposure and not innate intelligence.
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