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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The in-pool scores changed regularly based on testing over time, there was never a set score. Local Norms are based on the top 10% of kids at a particular school, there is nothing wrong or illegal with that. It is simply saying that advanced at each school looks different.

And no student was denied services by local norms because parents can refer. They can also refer in 3rd-7th grade.

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Oh please.  The local norms should not have excluded kids with scores above 132, which they are currently doing.  The program was designed to select students without requiring parents intervention.  So all students with scores above 132 should be included, regardless of "local norms".  Just because some parents prep their kids doesn't mean that all students are prepped - so students with scores above 132 should be in-pool, regardless of their base school.  [/quote]

I agree with this, it should be all students above 132 (or whatever the desired national norm is) and if that doesn't identify at least 10%, use local school norm for the top 10% of the school. Really no reason to be either or.

But I disagree with the assertion of the thread that local norms are now illegal. [/quote]

If local norms are preventing children from one school to be overlooked or have to go through additional steps like a parent referral then it’s absolutely DEI and the current administration has made it clear that DEI programs may lose federal funding.[/quote]

So the 70% of applicants that were parent referrals only before local norms were problematic? Your problem is that there has always been a referral process. The number is different for each school but the process remains the same. Deal with it like we have always dealt with it. [/quote]

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