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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It is not clear at all. Lottery is just the final step. We need to know what criteria they use to put the kids in the lottery pool. Do they even consider academic performance? What is the cutoff percentile? or Are they just look at the race of the students? Are there any quotas being set for specific race to be included in the lottery pool? There are so many questions that we do not know answers to. It also appears that you are very clear on the process. Can you enlighten us parents with your wisdom?[/quote]

I think the lottery is a terrible strategy, but they've answered many of these questions in the past.

Yes, they consider report cards. For CES and Humanities, they need to see As in the previous year's report cards in ELA. For TPMS, they want As in Math.

The cut-off percentile for MAP is 85th percentile.

They do not consider race. [/quote]

Right. We all got all that. So how does the FARMS status or IEP/504 factor in? Do those students get into the pool with different grades or MAP scores? If they don’t, how is that status being factored in with the lottery? [/quote]

MAP scores are locally normed, so it is 85th percentile of students within each "tier" of schools. [/quote]
This is conjecture. MCPS has have never confirmed what “local norming” means.[/quote]

It's implicit, but if you're going to nitpick every detail to cry foul sure we can't be sure what any works mean...[/quote]

True, everyone with any sense understands the concept of local normong, but the crazies want to always split hairs. It wouldn't matter what MCPS said. It would never be enough for them.[/quote]

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