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[quote=Anonymous] :roll: [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got a letter in the mail today.

In pool/waitlist for Takoma.

Not in pool/waitlist for Eastern.

Girl of color with an IEP. Takes compacted 5/6 math and ELC curriculum in a downcounty FOCUS school.

Fall MAP M 245 (99th percentile)

Fall MAP R 238 (98th percentile)

Straight A's throughout her ES career, but got an 89 (B) for first quarter Reading, this year only. I assume this is why she wasn't in the Eastern pool. NBD[/quote]

If you are interested in Eastern you could likely successfully appeal on the basis of her IEP.[/quote]

Unlikely, as there already is an adjustment for those with IEPs.  It's applied to the MAP, allowing a lower score (not that PP's DD needs that accommodation) but not to grades, presumably because the IEP currently in place is supposed to have provided adequate support on that front.

The appeals are supposed to be about new info that they didn't have (e.g., grade change) or individual circumstances not envisioned in their paradigm (IEP is).  They also would put a student into the pool for subsequent lottery selection (as spots are declined) and ensure local enriched classes, rather than result in placement, directly.[/quote]

Wrong. They have said vaguely that IEPs will be taken into account but not specifically how. It stands to reason that they’d give leeway for one grade with otherwise stellar test scores. It is absolutely worth an appeal.[/quote]

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Not this, again.  Please see:
 https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/1178989.page#26604725

There's a new FAQ with the slightest of changes -- 85th locally normed %ile from either last Spring or this Fall for the Math magnet only, instead of just the Fall score, because of the different MAP versions administered between Math 5 and Math 5/6.  The linked MCPS doc from the post, above, was to the BOE in response to questions last year.  The adjustment for those receiving services (FARMS, EML, 504, IEP) has to do with a MAP %ile allowance.[/quote]

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