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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

The article didn't do anyone any favors by confusing these two issues, and by conflating the reaction from a teacher at a newly formed LOCAL CES with changes to admissions at the middle school.

Of course the standards are going to be lower at a local CES than a regional one. Of course they are. [b]But is that a bad thing?[/b] People keep saying there aren't enough spots for all the gifted kids in MCPS, and [b]moving from the "top" 3 percent to the "top" 20 percent[/b]. [/quote]

No, it is not a bad thing! If MCPS moved from 'top' 3 to 'top' 10 even, it would have given so many more kids much needed enrichment.
I'd rather my 'top 5' percent child was getting lower grades in a more challenging program a CES than sitting in a regular classroom with all As bored to death that is the case at the moment.[/quote] in the past they took the top 3% of the kids whose parents nominated them to the program.  That l’ like the top 3% of the 10% sample that applied  or  a random 10% sample of the top 30%. With Universal screening the program identifies the most qualified students.  This was never done before. [/quot

Wwithout any screen, you can easiler find the top 3% students in MCPS.  There are data from MAP test, PARCC test as well as PSAT and SaT results.  
MCPS would never disclise the magnet test results from last year because they unfairly targetted Asian students because where they live.[/quote]

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