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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]2,762 kids applied and they have space for 500 or so kids. Lots of kids with great grades, who are in geometry or algebra 2, and who think they did well on the math problem are not going to be accepted. [b]And if they had a quant test, many of those kids would have the same score[/b], it wouldn’t change much.

The vast majority of the kids not selected have a good case for being selected. So do the kids who were accepted. [/quote]
It's easy to say that when you don't have a test and you can't check the data.
This is not an excuse for a lottery or rejecting kids with better grades or better performance in the math part. If there is a quant test and taking SOLs into account, the decisions would carry weight.  Right now, we have people in this thread saying that the SPS - something that has very little to do with STEM ability - mattered more.[/quote]

You don’t think that the kids accepted Pass Advanced on the SOLs? Take a look at the A1H SOL scores for 7th grade, the Pass Advanced rate is close to 90%. All of these kids have high grades in honors and AAP classes.

No one knows what mattered more because we don’t know how anything is graded. [b]Parents whose kids were not accepted are speculating[/b] because they are disappointed. Their kids grades and scores look the same as the kids accepted. It is unclear how kids are selected. That said, I would bet that the MAP and SOL scores of the kids accepted and the kids not accepted are close to the same as well.

The one change I would make is to change the Algebra 1 requirement to Geometry. [/quote]
They’re speculating because the process isn’t transparent. It’s fine that you’d bet the MAP and SOL scores of accepted and non-accepted students are similar—but without actual data, that’s just an assumption. I’d argue the opposite: without transparency, there’s just as much reason to believe the scores aren’t as close as you suggest.
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