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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]there are ZERO smart kids who score poorly no both MAPs. the only people who believe in those unicorns are parents of strivers who failed.[/quote]

I'm assuming, for the moment, that "kids who score poorly" is meant to mean those not scoring in the very high ranges vs. national norms that are commonly bandied about, here, as typical of those in certain well heeled MCPS schools -- something like 95th national %ile, if not well into the 99th %ile range.  Please clarify if the meaning was substantially different.

Even if believing that assertion (clearly refuted by research, including that supporting the use of local norming), it still does not support using MAP as the main tool in determining GT identification or magnet pool placement, when the purpose of those is more about supporting learning [i]ability[/i] than present content learned.  Once again, this is not that I would advocate keeping out those having achieved a certain learning level: rather, I would seek with these programs [i]first[/i] to adress the needs of those with ability.[/quote]

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