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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a little curious as to the difference between the various MCPS percentiles across different schools.  My kid had a 97% quantitative national, but 81% percentile coming from what I think is a relatively low FARMS rate elementary school.  Is there anyone at a high FARMS rate elementary school that also had a 97% quantitative on the national scale that would be willing to share their MCPS percentile?  [/quote]

So you are expecting the MCPS percentiles to be different depending on what school the child attends? That isn’t how this works.[/quote]

That is how it works, actually, as of last year. For CES kids, I'm not 100% sure whether it is "home school" or CES school, but yes, your MCPS percentile will be different depending on the poverty rate at one of the two. [/quote]

My letter states, “...your child is being compared to MCPS students for the MCPS percentile and compared to students nationally for the national percentile.”
Is there another source of info where it indicates that the “MCPS students” mentioned are only those MCPS students at his/her home school?[/quote]

Copying this from the other thread, since I don't have my child's letter on hand.

"National norms are designed to compare and rank test takers in relation to one another based on those who took
the test nationally. Local norms are designed to compare and rank test takers in relation to one another based on
those who took the test locally – within MCPS. Local norming provides information about students in relation
to their academic peer groups in MCPS. MCPS CogAT percentiles are locally normed percentiles established
based on the three sections of the CogAT. Gifted and talented experts recommend the use of local norms as an
equitable approach to ensure equity and access in identification of students for program access. Additionally,
the current draft of Gifted and Talented Definitions from the Maryland State Department of Education includes
the use of local norms as part of its gifted and talented identification process. The socioeconomic status of
elementary schools was used to determine the locally normed score on the CogAT (MCPS Percentiles).[b] In
establishing MCPS Percentiles, students in schools with minimal poverty were compared to one another,
students in schools with moderate poverty were compared to each other, and students from schools highly
impacted by poverty were compared to each other."[/b][/quote]

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