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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC was placed in CM - winter MAP was 205 (haven’t gotten spring yet).  [/quote]

So it seems 75th percentile is the cut off?[/quote]

My sense is schools have some leeway.  If, say, the school has 15 kids who fit the traditional 85th percentile cut-off, they can choose 10/12 more who may show various other markers for success in CM and add them to the class.  My son is wrapping up 5/6 and there were definitely kids added because of "parental advocacy" throughout the years, so I don't think the county controls this as much as they'd like to convey.[/quote]

205 poster - no advocacy on our part, and I was surprised DS made it in.  One factor might have been that the winter MAP was the lowest percentile-wise he had done so far (extenuating circumstances the week of the test might have contributed to that), and he seems to grasp the concepts quickly (but makes sloppy mistakes because he rushes thru his work).   Likely enough kids at his school to fill a class based on the 85th percentile, but who knows…[/quote]

That is true. We can guess but no one knows what the cutoff is[/quote]

DP. The letter we received about CM says they used various data points, not just MAP. So it’s probably not the dealbreaker or maker. [/quote]

Was the letter from the school or central MCPS?[/quote]

School. [/quote]

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