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[quote=Anonymous]The MCCPTA's Gifted Education Committee has an explanation of MCPS's annual Board report numbers (the one linked by a PP) on pages 27-30 of its Complaint from the Public.  Here's the link to the Complaint (an internal one filed with MCPS, not a district court complaint).  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t3i9kssWABBpzLoduJo-2JVziplDMhBj/view

"The 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 Annual Board Reports used the terms “placed” and “considered.” For Eastern and Takoma Park, MCPS defined the term “considered” as the number of students who took the CogAT assessment(including those who were not centrally identified but opted to take the CogAT). For the local enrichment and accelerated courses (LEA), the term “considered” was explicitly defined to mean the number of students who were centrally identified to be evaluated (even if they did not take the CogAT). The Annual Board Report did not define the term “placed,” but the number of students “placed” in the magnet middle schools matched the numbers “invited” to the program. The number of students “placed” also exceeded the number of seats actually offered in the respective magnet program. Based on internal discussions with MCPS, we believe MCPS used the term “placed” to
mean that the students had been invited to the program, not that they actually matriculated."

"When MCPS states the number of students “considered” for the Centers and magnets, it provides the total number of students in the catchment area. For example, MCPS “considered” 7747 students for the Eastern Middle School magnet, which is the number of students in the entire grade in the Downcounty catchment area. This practice artificially inflates the students “considered,” in contrast to how the term was used in prior years."
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