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[quote=Anonymous]FWIW, it looks like FCPS is now paying for 11th graders to take the PSAT and get their scores.

Last year and I assume in years prior, the school had all the 11th graders TAKE the PSAT, but the only way to get your score (and to be eligible for National Merit scholarships) was for the student to pay the fee.

This year, it looks like FCPS is paying the fee so that all 11th graders will take the test AND GET THEIR SCORES (and therefore all will be considered for National Merit scholarships).

So, they took away the test from the freshmen in order to give the scores to the juniors.

In the past, they figured that the juniors who already knew they might qualify for National Merit Scholars would be willing to pay for the fee to be considered.  Those students would know from past testing (9th and 10th grade) that they were super high scorers.  The rest of the juniors were just taking it as a practice -- so it was up to them to pay for the info.

I can see their point, but I also liked having the test/question info. for my 9th grader.

I wonder if they will start reporting the PSAT scores by school and by subgroup?  They used to publish this info on the school profile for the SAT scores -- but I believe the last time it was published was for the school year 2015-16.  So, it's very out of date.  [/quote]

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