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[quote=Anonymous]But you don't get your individual child's percentile.  The numbers left me questioning more than providing answers.  The report told me that 26% of the kids in the school were advanced, DD was among them, and that her score was Y within a range of X - Z.

Supposing there were 100 kids in her grade that took the test, of the 26 that were advanced, were they clumped near the top of the spread (X-Z) or were they spread out?  Is she near the top or near the bottom?

Why would I want to know that?  I have an only child, and we don't have a network of family (only 1 infant nephew).  I have no basis for comparison.  DD seems different from many of her friends and classmates.  Is she such an outlier that I am justified in searching out other schools or services, or should we just suck up and deal?

Just a little bit more information would be so helpful.  I'm sure it would be just as helpful for those on the other end of the spectrum.  But it's not about the outliers, but about keeping the middle up and the numbers up for the tests.  MCPS doesn't really seem to care about the individual students, by how the keep information secret, don't share the numbers and give no one any grounds to ask for more or different or help in any way.  They seem to want parents and families to be content with that we get.

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