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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So if you have a kid that is 11 and 1 month, they would be compared to other kids who are also 11 and 1 month who are in fifth grade who attend MCPS schools with a similar ooverty rate?  That seems like it might be a small universe.  [/quote]
Aren't the local percentiles produced with grade norms?[/quote]

From the FAQ- https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/specialprograms/middle/FAQs%202020.pdf
"The [b]locally normed percentiles on the CogAT assessment were created from the distribution of Standard Age Scores(SAS)[/b] for students based on the socioeconomic status of elementary schools. [b]SAS are provided by the vendor for all students and allow for the comparison “of the rate and level of cognitive development of a particular student with others in the same age group.” [/b]This process of determining local norms based on the SAS follows the local norming approach implemented by CogAT developers. As indicated in the CogAT Score Guide, “Standard age scores use the power of national norms to control for the effects of age.” Additionally, given students tested were in the same grade and tested around the same time, the effects of grade are also controlled with SAS. To determine the locally normed percentiles, students with the highest SAS in the group were assigned the highest percentile rank and those with the lowest SAS were assigned the lowest percentile rank."

MCPS determined their percentiles by using a the SAS (Standard Age Score) provided by the vendor.  This score takes into account the student's age at the time of the test.  So the score MCPS uses for creating their percentile has been "adjusted" for age and since all students who are testing for the magnet are in 5th grade it takes into account grade. [/quote]

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