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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I call BS to 98 percent is 90 percent in MCPS. We are such a large district we have to revert towards mean.[/quote]

You get MCPS scores and National scores in your Map reports. We all know there is a few percentage point difference with MCPS scores being higher.
If you have a child in 5th last year you got MCPS scores for your SES and national scores for Cogat. There is a huge gap between MCPS scores and national percentiles in the highest SES group. DC was 99th percentile nationally but only 95th in MCPS for that group. A friend had 98th percentile scores and I think her parent said it was 90th for MCPS for that group.[/quote]

I'm looking at my child's MAP Progress Report. Can someone tell me where it shows the SES? I can't seem to find it anywhere.[/quote]

It doesn't show SES. Why and how would they know your income???![/quote]

There seem to be a couple of misconceptions here.

For the past few years, when kids have taken the CogAT for CES and MS magnet admissions, MCPS has reported the raw score as well as two different percentiles - the national percentile and the "MCPS percentile."  The MCPS percentiles showed how your child's scores compared to the scores of [i]kids attending MCPS schools with similar SES profiles[/i] (not kids whose families have similar SES profiles to yours).  They don't specifically tell you which SES band your school is in, and no one knows exactly how the schools are grouped.  The best guess I heard is that the three groups are Title I, Focus, and everyone else.   The MCPS percentile is the one used for admission to ES and MS selective programs.  This process did not happen this year because CogAT was not administered.

The MCPS percentile has never been calculated for MAP tests, although the MAP report will show both the national and district averages for your child's grade level.
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MAP report show only 4 point spread btw district and national avgs - raw points, not percentile points. In percentile points that's only about one percentile point. But who the hell cares? Selection to the magnets are likely based on your MS cohort, as PP points out.[/quote]

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