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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pre lottery, everyone in TPMS did their accelerated math at home and in after-school team.

Post lottery, they have many more kids for whom the curriculum is at their level.

CJMS parents, TPMS magnet isn't for you. TPMS magnet is for kids in poor schools with no cohort and no parental enrichment. [/quote]

This is total BS.

- parent of one pre lottery kid and one post lottery[/quote]

While I think it's silly to say that the TPMS magnet is now for "kids in poor schools" there's some logic to the idea that the cohort has changed dramatically and coming from a school like Cabin John it may no longer be worth the commute. Kids used to go to be with the top 1-3% and now it's the top 15-30% since they do weight eligibility standards.

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Sigh. What I can tell you is that my lottery kid had a significantly higher MAP score than their older sibling who got in before the lottery and excelled and is now at the Blair magnet with all As. I can also tell you that both children found it challenging and that neither did “accelerated math at home or in the team” as was claimed that “everyone” did pre lottery (complete BS). The math curriculum is very fast paced which is what my kids have needed. It also doesn’t seem to have changed and certainly isn’t easier now.[/quote]

Ask your kid with the high MAP score how a "lottery"  works. They learned about randomness in there magnet class. [/quote]

You are missing the point. The caliber of students hasn’t changed. The curriculum hasn’t changed. “Even” kids with “low” MAP scores in past years got in and did very well and ended up In the Blair magnet where they continued to do very well.[/quote]
Geez. Quit making up stuff already. How many kids do you know with low MAP scores who got in TPMS, who did very well, ended up in the Blair, and continued to do very well? How do you know that level of details on multiple kids that are not yours? Really Geez![/quote]

I know that on this site it has been claimed again and again, that MAP scores to get in under the old system were something like 260 or higher. I remember when my older child got in and based on that myth which has been repeated here relentlessly I thought they wouldn’t have a chance. But it’s not true. Kids got in with scores in the high 230s or low 240s under the old non-lottery system - not just mine. Just like they do now with the lottery. And they do very well in program. The only difference is that the Cogat was another data point in the past.

Once you are in the program it doesn’t matter what your 5th grade MAP score was, just that you can keep up. And they do. With the same math curriculum that has been in place for years.[/quote]

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