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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I expect that percentile scores are national. And it looks as if many kids with 99% scores were rejected. So all that this establishes is that MCPS gifted programs are looking for the top .1% to .5% or so, not the top 1%. Maybe they should extend the percentile scores one more decimal point so we can see the difference between a national percentile score of 99.0% and 99.9%.

I think this is a much more logical explanation than some people's suggestions here that their 99%-scoring student was rejected because of diversity or because of their home school.[/quote]

My kid, who was rejected, consistently scores much above what it takes to make the 99th percentile on things like MAP R and MAP M.   So while they didn't tell us what his score was for this test in a way that we could determine that, I don't know why it would be different than any other test he ever took where he scored in the tippy top of the 99th percentile.  High PARCC scores are also pretty unusual in MCPS, and many of us are reporting that too.  I don't remember the number, but my kid on math scored way to the right of whatever the minimum was for a 5.  His reading scores are also good, just not quite as tippy top high.  So yes, I think diversity and home school cohort is the explanation.  [/quote]

Not sure about diversity - don't think that's the issue - I do think - because they've told us- that home school is the issue - if there's a cohort in the home school that counts against the child.[/quote]

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