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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rejected with 88% national and barely above 50% MCPS.[/quote]

Pp here - for Chevy Chase CES[/quote]

Here’s a good example of how MCPS adjusted for SES. DC was also rejected with 88% national but 70% MCPS. This would’ve been for Fox Chapel CES.[/quote]

The national percentiles at least are also adjusted by age, so a redshirted student who is 9 years 7 months old when they take the test (turned 9 July before going to third grade) are compared to other 9 year 10 month old third graders nationally who took the test, and a student who is 8 years 6 months old (turned 8 August before 3rd grade) is only compared to other students who are his/her age.

The FAQs and the letter make it clear MCPS adjusts for SES of the school, but not sure about age.  The FAQs are on the website for anyone who missed them and wants to see a more specific description of how MCPS percentiles are figured. 
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/specialprograms/elementary/CES%20Selection%20Process%20FAQ%203.29(1).pdf
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"The socioeconomic status of elementary schools was used to determine the locally normed score on the CogAT® (MCPS Percentiles). In establishing MCPS Percentiles, students in schools with minimal poverty were compared to one another, students in schools with moderate poverty were compared to each other, and students from schools highly impacted by poverty were compared to each other."[/i][/quote]

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