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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about all the kids who had MAP-M scores that high and did NOT get in.  [b]Did they also not deserve to be there?[/b][/quote]

This is the heart of the complaint. That MCPS uses murky selection tools to select a certain profile from the pool of qualified students. IE, prioritizing students from lower-income areas in a bid to reduce specific ethnic gaps. Now whether that complaint will hold up as the cohorts are selected year after year, remains to be seen.

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Oddly, nobody on DCUM ever asked that question when MCPS used the previous murky selection process. It only became a concern when affluent west-county parents became worried that their children were being passed over for those other children, over there, who must be less deserving.[/quote]

PP you replied to. I've been following this process closely for many years. The reason no one complained before is because so few families actually KNEW about it, because parents had to apply for their kids, so first they had to be informed enough, and most weren't. Sad, isn't it? I actually prefer the new process, which automatically tests kids without waiting for their parents to send an application. But the new process has this "peer cohort" criteria that was deliberately added to allow MCPS to cherry-pick candidates in an effort to reduce what they perceive to be the achievement gap. I have grave reservations that it can be addressed in that way.

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