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What I'm trying to get at is an answer to this question: if MoCo administers a test and says that any kid who scores in the 90th percentile or above is "GT", how do we end up with a situation where MoCo labels 40% of kids as being "GT"? By definition, the 90th pctile kid is in the top 10%, not in the top 40%. So there is a definitional problem somewhere. That's what I'm trying to pin down. 
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If you have read the thread you probably understand that MoCo does not have a cutoff %tile for GT identification. The 40% kids ending up identified as GT is anecdotal. No one has the real stat except MoCo, which they do not publish.  So, there is no correlation of MCPS to national %tile in the discussion here.

The actual explanation is much more political than statistical. It has to do with race equity. It has to do with some politically motivated people feeling there are not enough people from certain race being identified as “GT “or “academically advanced”. There are two ways for a county to show progress to answer that concern; addressing the root cause of why %age of certain race in GT identification is lower than other race or lower the standard for GT identification. The first solution is extremely difficult to achieve within a school system, the second one easy. So, MCPS has taken the second path.  
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Do you really mean to suggest that 30% (more or less) of kids are identified as gifted because of their race? And about 10% of kids -- of all races -- are identified as gifted because they scored 90pctile or above on the test? Making the total of 40% (more or less) who are called gifted in MoCo.

This 30% is a huge number. It leads to unbelievable results. It would mean, for example, that the majority of minority race kids in my kids' magnets got there because of some political motivation, rather than test results. I find this impossible to believe.

There must be some other explanation![/quote]

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