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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you need the assigned middle school? It's really spread out this year and releasing that information would be a violation of privacy for much of the student population since it could easily lead to student/score discovery.
Then again, this is about you and your "sour grapes"--not the process.[/quote]
DP.. don't need the assigned MS  information. All they have to do is release the median scores of accepted students, like they used to do.  Why did they stop releasing these test scores?

More than likely, it was because it become obvious that some students who were not admitted because of "peer cohort" scored much higher than the admitted students without peer cohort.

Using peer cohort was the only way to increase other groups. No one is against universal screening. It's the peer cohort nonsense that some people are upset about.

No dog in this fight. My DC#1 already went through HGC and opted out of MS magnet due to the long commute.  I knew DC#2 was not qualified for magnet.

As the teacher in the article stated, the peer group now in those magnets are not as high achieving so they are going to have to lower the expectations now. Shame.[/quote]

Do you mean the parent who is in the PTA and a lawyer? She is not a teacher.

Or do you mean the ES teacher teaching in a Center. Because she doesn’t teach in a MS Magnet so she doesn’t know what will happen in one.[/quote]
The article isn't just about MS.  Changes were made to ES magnets, too.[/quote]

But you are using her as evidence to a specific claim about the impact of the MS selection process.[/quote]
?  I'm talking about how the change in selection (using peer cohort, which is also used in ES selection) has changed the caliber of students in the magnet programs.

Again, the changes didn't just affect MS.  The article referenced a teacher in an ES, not MS.[/quote]

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