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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS should hire my husband, or another savvy programmer, who can build them a neat little algorithm to pick out the best student for each magnet :-)

The program can weigh math and reading test scores and Cogat subscores differently according to each magnet, and take into account ESOL, FARMS or IEP status. It can also identify cohorts of similarly-scoring students per home middle school, separate the outliers for magnet purposes and group the rest into a list ready to plug into the "advanced" regular programming.

I don't know if they already have an algorithm for magnet selection, but it sure as heck hasn't worked well at all. And that lottery is a complete cop-out.

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No matter what system you choose, someone is always going to think it didn't work well if their kid doesn't get in.[/quote]

PP you replied to. My kid had a score in the 260s for math and didn’t get in. I would accept that EASILY if I knew that the magnet was populated by kids with higher scores, since after all a magnet should get the best and brightest. Add a few lower scoring students in exceptional circumstances and you have cohort. But when I see multiple kids get in with scores in the 240s, it’s a little hard to stomach. And apparently it’s not just this year, but every year, so it’s not just because of the lottery.

Hence the need for a better algorithm.

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