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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that at every school every year there are kids that get in that are not among the "very best performers in class." MAP testing is helpful but it's achievement oriented so some kids that are off the charts in cognitive testing may not look so great on MAP tests. The HGCs use a cognitive reasoning test as the main criteria. Grades, teacher recs also count but in our experience less so. It's different for MS and HS magnets where these other achievement criteria will really be the main thing they are looking for.[/quote]

This was not the case at our school. No surprises about who got in, based on class performance, standardized test performance all the way etc. The only variable was that a few were off the charts in math, and a few off the charts in reading; only one, I think, in both. The HGC test has three parts. Those admitted have very high scores on two of the three, and don't bomb the third (DD got near-perfect scores on two of the three, and scored at median on the third). [/quote]

How would you even know how other kids scored and how they score on other standardized tests?[/quote]

People talk about this - especially Asian parents.  Asian parents tend to be very open to sharing test scores, especially if their kid dies well!   :wink:

(Before I get flamed for being racist, I am also Asian.  I do discuss scores with other parents, and have found that I am less likely do discuss them with non-Asian parents, FWIW.)[/quote]

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