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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]23:01, I'm not sure what your point is.  The Cogat is a well-recognized test; if there are a lot of people scoring in the 99th percentile it is not because standards are lower.

If you look at this chart, anything from 135-160 is the 99%ile on the Cogat.

https://www.nsd.org/Page/28102[/quote]

I think this is telling. The range of possible scores at the 99%ile is really big. It would be interesting to see if MCPS is choosing for admittance those with the highest scores within this range or using other criteria to "pick and choose" among anyone within this range.[/quote]

Let's say we find out that MCPS used "other factors" among kids already in the 99th percentile. What harm would that do? Do you honestly think a kid with a 140 is substantively less capable of doing the work than a kid with a 150? Probably not.

It has never been a pure meritocracy where they take the first 100 past the gate depending on Cogat score. They've taken into account other factors, such as teacher recommendations and essays. This is not a significant change. [/quote]

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