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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe the Dr Li factor negatively affected Cold Spring acceptance? [/quote]

Seems likely.  New test, no benefit from training for the math problems on the old one?[/quote]

My Cold Spring kid was a 99%er on this test as usual, just like many of the other rejected kids listed above. 150+ Map scores in both areas, college-level lexile. Next theory?[/quote]

As a previous PP has said, [b] 99% represents a standard age score of 135-160. [/b] You'll have to call MCPS to find out if the actual standard age score was more on the 135 end or more on the 160 end. [/quote]

I think this is worth repeating and emphasizing. All 99th %iles are not created equal, and we're not seeing the underlying granular data that the committee presumably had in front of them. If you look at the explanations for COGAT scores, there are lots of other numbers that get reported, including raw ("standard age") scores for each section, and a sort of student profile that gives a shorthand analysis of their strengths and weaknesses. Frankly, MCPS kind of shot themselves in the foot by only reporting percentile scores—they must have known a huge number of kids would have scores that looked "perfect" in percentile form—and now they're never going to hear the end of it.

That said, it sounds like the Cold Spring kids did fall victim to the cohort clause. There must have been enough students with similar overall data zoned for each MS that they deemed them to have a peer group, and only the real outliers from that group were sent on to the magnets. But I feel sure the Cold Spring parents are up to the challenge of advocating for accelerated instruction for their cohort.[/quote]

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