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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This is EXACTLY what MCPS wanted to achieve by creating percentiles within SES bands. The average person is now totally confused about the fact that a child can score "99%" in a low SES band, but really have a score in the 80s when compared to the entire district. Now we have all of the "high performers" that we could possibly want![/quote]

There's no evidence of this happening, by the way. I have a kid admitted to TPMS with a 99% in a low SES band. They are also 99% nationally, and within their SAS. Now, MCPS doesn't actually show "compared to the entire district" but it stands to reason that a kid who is at 99% nationally is definitely not "in the 80s" when compared to the entire district. [/quote]

I think you're confused PP. This is the way it's supposed to work. Your child has an advantage and more likely to score 99th percentile in the lower SES band. Likely his scores would be lower in a high SES band.
I know of kids who scored 99th percentile nationally in a subtest and that matched up to 80 something in their high SES band.[/quote]

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