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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC didn't get in but got well into the hundreds on all sections.  I'd say DC bombed it based on potential.  Ordinarily performs well on tests but is very deliberate and slow on tests so I'm pretty sure some questions were not even attempted.  I had the say questions as you OP such as what would the average student get on the HGC test and were my DC falls.[/quote]

Does anyone know if this information is available somehow, from teachers or any other avenue?  Basically, I guess the question would be, [b]what are the average or median scores on the HGC test, for all test-takers (not just those accepted[/b]).[/quote]

If you had this information, how would you use it?[/quote]

Well if I found out that that it was typical for a test-taker to score in the low 100s, then I wouldn't think about it for another minute.  I would know that my DC's testing ability is right on par with the majority of DC's peers.  If, however, I learned that DC was let's say in the bottom 10%, then I would seek to better understand what is going on:  Is DC a poor test taker, and would have done better with more time?  Or is DC more of a book-knowledge person and wouldn't have done well no matter how much time given?  Or was the problem that I could have prepared DC better, or emphasized speed, for example?  I don't know how I'd find out the answers to any of those questions, but it would put these potential things to look out for on my radar.[/quote]

I think the way the test (which MCPS tells us is above grade level, btw) is normed, [b]an average score should be 100[/b], so I'd hardly call getting above 100 "bombing" the test. Sounds like your child scored above average but possibly, because of time pressures or whatever, didn't score in the gifted range. That appeals case that gets into the nitty gritty of the scoring criteria might shed some light on how the testing population breaks down, if someone has that link. But I really wouldn't stress it, OP. School performance is waaay more important in the grand scheme of things.[/quote]

Thanks, if this is true, that would make me feel a lot less concerned.  Is this explained somewhere that you know of?

Would love to read more about the scoring criteria/testing population, if anyone does have the link to the case.[/quote]

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