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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with using MAP from what we've seen is that the small number of more middle class or wealthier kids at high FARMS schools will be at an advantage over the kids who are actually FARMS so you are missing the actual smart kids with a lot of potential.

I know Cogat is not perfect but it would capture more of those outlier smart kids who with the influence of strong peers and strong teachers could be really successful.

I would bet anything the local norming if you use Cogat would be unnecessary or at least nowhere as intense as it is for MAP. There would be more of an even distribution throughout the county.[/quote]

The idea is that those kids don't get the exposure that their equally-able peers at low-FARMS schools get, so the local norming adjusts for that.  Those more directly disadvantaged are boosted by the lower percentile threshold allowed for those receiving services, including individual FARMS designation.  A FARMS student at a moderate-FARMS school might get in with a 73rd national percentile score, where their non-FARMS classmate might need to hit the 88th percentile.  It ain't perfect, of course.[/quote]

The idea is a mix of 2 things: they want to tilt the demographic mix to get more non-Asian PoC, and they want kids who lack a local cohort to go to a school with a cohort. FARMS is a proxy for PoC and local cohort performance. It’s not about identifying high potential students who somehow avoided learning the grade-level material in their home school but would magically learn more by skipping a year of math and joining an accelerated class.[/quote]

That's a strange and twusted view on this. It would be more accurate to say they want to ensure that all residents have a shot at these programs not just ones from a few wealthy schools.[/quote]

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