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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just found out that a kid who stayed back at the local ES and had decent scores, but not nearly as high as my CES kid (about 20 point MAP-M difference, lower CogAT), got accepted to TPMS.  There are other kids in my DC's CES who had the same or similar scores to the local kid (so other student at CES may be in "cohort" with local kid), so I really want to know why that kid was sent to the magnet as an "outlier," but my kid, who was an outlier among the [b]CES kids heading to the same middle school[/b], was not?

No one will provide data on how "cohort" was defined for students presumably denied entry to any CES, who were recommended for local magnets, and presumably were rejected for that reason.[/quote]
I think this is a very clear cut case, and someone should give you at least an explanation. If I were you, I would certainly appeal. I would also call them and see if they give a justification. I would certainly appreciate if you come back and post your experience. Good luck.[/quote]

How is this clearcut? How could this parent actually have the details on this other non-deserving applicant?  Even if the other family did share a cogat score (which I doubt given they're not even at the same school), there's more to the process.[/quote]

Same home middle school. 20 point MAP-M difference. Cogat score difference. What else do you want? I just assumed the poster is telling the truth.[/quote]

I assume that there's more than one side to each story.[/quote]

Perhaps the rejected kid has a only slightly higher Cogat and much higher MAP P, perhaps indicating they get lots of math enrichment compared to a similar Cogat kid who might benefit more from the availability of middle school enrichment. Perhaps accepted kid also has a very high MAP R, which is harder to cram. Some holes in the info. And how do you know so much about another kid’s scores? I don’t know anyone who shares that stuff.[/quote]

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