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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, for whatever reason they used the age normed, not the grade normed, which disadvantaged somewhat the kids with fall birthdays (and the red-shirted kids), and advantaged the younger kids in the grade.  Since it's an achievement test and not an IQ test, I think it was wildly inappropriate to use the age norms and not the grade norms, as you would not normally think a 5th grader should be compared to a 6th grader in achievement (unless you were prepping that kid outside of school).  
I don't care that much, as I didn't want my kid to go to one of those schools, but I just think it's an example of MCPS being sort of irrational about much of this.[/quote]

I disagree, perhaps because my kid didn’t turn 10 until September. He’s essentially a year younger than some of his peers. Now we could hold him back a whole  year to increase his chances (craziness) or his age could be factored in. I’m glad it was. Otherwise I’d bet most of the accepted kids would be the older ones. It does still make a difference at age 10. [/quote]

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