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Reply to "I don't get it- very few CES kids get into magnet school?"
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[quote=Anonymous]This is accurate, more or less. MCPS has described a two step selection process. First they identify "highly able" children (not "above average" as PP attests) based on some cut offs or composite scores they haven't released. Kids who are FARMS or have ever had ESOL services get an extra boost. They use this list to start looking at "peer cohort" and identify outliers. Last year they also went back after this and refined the group of selected kids again to make sure at least one child was included from every feeder school and to make sure the group is gender balanced. They no longer rank the kids globally in the way they did in the past so they are no longer taking the kids who have the top 300 scores in the county or those whose teacher recommendations/essays show they have a thirst for more. These are facts.[/quote]
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