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They use a code for the school. They don't know what school but it's easy to guess from the scores and how the kids are banded. You'll see a bunch of kids with similar scores and similar percentiles. Tons of high scores. High SES band. Basically no or few kids who are FARMS. No one ESOL possibly. Easy to guess Cold Spring, Clearspring, Chevy Chase.[/quote]

Do they know whether your kid is in CES if they go to a school with a local or regional CES?[/quote]

Yes, they know your kid was in CES and [b]they're only interested in the SES of their home MS [/b]not the home ES.  [/quote]

I do not think this is true on either count, definitely not on the bolded.

- From the FAQ - "The [b]socioeconomic status of elementary schools [/b] was used to determine the locally normed score on the CogAT (MCPS Percentiles). "
- There is little way for them to know a student is in CES with the information they have. They are mostly looking at test scores on a grid.  I think similar schools feeding to the same MS are grouped together and the students aren't looked at from one school at a time-- that would not be efficient or productive
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