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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
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This chart? 
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/s...20Data%20by%20Sending%20MS.pdf

I'm glad that someone found the char. I knew that SSIM was high.

To be fair though the columns showing #s highly able by MAP scores are the numbers AFTER the scores have been adjusted by FARMS. If I am in a school with low FARMS I need to achieve a much higher score to be included in the highly able category. For example, I could score a 85% on MAP M or R at SSIM and Sligo and get into the bucker but if I move over to Pyle or Frost I have to score a 98%. PARCC was not adjusted and this is why you see such a strange pattern with large numbers being in highly able by MAP but much lower number scoring high on PARCC and vice versa.

This data does not make the case though for retaining special accommodations for TPMS though as there are many OOB schools ranging from SSIM to Cabin John with gifted or highly able kids. I've argued that if there are any set aside spots that they should be open to the entire DCC. From a fairness perspective, they should be open to all OOB students.

Cognat wasn't adjusted either and the number of eligible students at SSIMS, for example, is consistent across each of the testing categories.

Correct Cognat wasn't adjusted and SSIM did well with 62. It didn't score as high as Pyle, Frost or Hoover but it did have 2 more eligible kids than Cabin John (60).

In addition to the chart though its interesting to look at the summary from the Office of Shared Accountability on the score range that was admitted to TPMS. It is much broader and lower than in years past.

It's much higher than years past because they screened 10x the number of students.[/quote]

Except it isn't at all. It should be but only 80% of the invitees are above 95% on COGAT. This number should be in the high 90s not down to 95%. There should be 20% there scoring 80%-94%.  1/3 of the invitees didn't even get a 5 on PARRC. [/quote]

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