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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think one thing to keep in mind is 2000 kids were tested for the magnets.  That means about 1900 were sent a [b]rejection[/b] letter.  That letter explained that sometimes a strong student isn't accepted and explained the cohort concept; however, the majority of those students were not rejected because of a cohort, the majority of those students were simply rejected, they have a cohort that is the regular student population.  So now you are waiting to hear if your student has been chosen for the pilot program, that's the March letter mentioned, but no one knows where they stand until then.  [/quote]

+1 - The beauty of an online Board like this is that everyone talks past each other.  4000 kids were tested for 200 seats.  [b]Many of those students were above average on the CogAT, but did not perform at levels that require academic challenge to be successful[/b].  It is important to read the learning profile associated with the test score - it gives insight into student need.  MCPS will be looking at those students whose learning profiles say they become disengaged if not challenged, challenged, challenged for the new pilot in the home schools.  This is not an effort to place 4000, or even 2000 students into new classes at the home school.  There is much ado about nothing at this point.  As Lin Manuel Miranda so aptly wrote, “wait for it.”[/quote]

What is "many"?  How do you know how "many" did not perform well enough on multiple tests to not qualify?  The problem is none of us fully knows.  Even if we obtain raw scores for our kid and some additional median score, there is a lot of interpretation that can come from it.  The only thing I feel I got out of this entire selection process is that the kids, no matter what their URM status are, who were picked for TPMS/Eastern are highly qualified.  The other thing I feel I got out of this is that kids who were just as qualified were rejected and no equivalent curriculum is provided or the resources given to support them.  There is an attempt by mcps for something, but from the responses I read from the teachers as well as the response from poster discuss the rigor of the Eastern/TPMS, there is no comparison.  Again, Rome wasn't built in a day and I don't expect mcps to solve all these issues in a year.  However, communication seem unclear and plans are ad hoc.  They should have been a lot more clear to all parties prior to the administration of the magnet test/application process.  They should have done a better job at outlining what they plan to do short term and long term.  If you think about it, communication is so poor that even a simple opt-in/out CES letter required deciphering.[/quote]

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