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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS really needs to be more transparent about test scores so that parents from all parts of the county can trust the process again.  
I think what many people were shocked by was the unusually low acceptance numbers from certain CES schools   I seem to remember someone saying the Cold Spring went from 25 acceptances last year to just 2 this year.

This is from the MCCPTA letter from February

"Over the last few days, it has come to our attention that, a number of students in the 99th percentile in all of the CogAT categories (Verbal, Quantitative, Nonverbal, and Composite) are being denied entrance - and are not even eligible for the wait pool -- because MCPS believes that the presence of large numbers of academic peers in their local schools will result in their needs being met at those schools. In addition, early indicators suggest that large numbers of very high performing students currently attending one of in the Centers for Enriched Studies (particularly in Barnsley CES, Chevy Chase CES, and Cold Spring CES as we learned for now) are not being offered placement in the magnets, even though those students have completed an elementary curriculum that places them well above the MCPS curriculum offered in local middle schools."
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This makes a number of assumptions that haven't been established. Nevertheless, it seems like a win-win for those students who get accelerated classes without having to leave their home school Just goes to show you can't please some MCPS parents even though many had been clamoring for exactly this.

This is a very powerful letter and set of information. I hope White & Case do this on a pro bono basis and just swamp Central Office with requests for discovery. [/quote][/quote]

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