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[quote=Anonymous]I'm really surprised at the focus on test scores in so many posts in this thread. The letter we received stated:

A selection committee has completed a careful review of your child along with all other candidates. The selection committee considered a number of factors when making its decision such as: parent recommendation, school recommendation, academic progress based on report cards from Grade 2 and the first semester of Grade 3, student performance on the [MAP-R], current school attended to determine the presence of an intellectual peer group of other highly able students, special services, and student performance on the CPHG assessment that was administered in January. . . . A combination of these factors considered together provided an overall profile of the students and their need for the CPHG; there is no single priority indicator.

That's seven different explicitly identified factors, only one of which is the test.

I get that it's easy to focus on the test score (and compare to others), but it's an incomplete comparison. And even if you could get camparative stats for quantifiable/identifiable criteria (MAP-R, report card grades), that still wouldn't give you the nonquantifiable comparisons (parent and teacher recommendations, the presence of an intellectual peer group of highly able students at the home school).

To 17:21, I really don't think even a breakdown of how your child did on particular sections of the test would be all that enlightening -- it was a shortened test, and on a different day or under different time pressures your kid might do much better or worse, who knows. I think there are more comprehensive tests you can do to figure out your kid's intellectual strengths like the WISC IV. But even without the tests, you can figure out what he's bored with and how you can supplement/enrich (or find a private school with a more challenging curriculum).[/quote]

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