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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After reading these posts, I now understand why there are about 5 testing and tutoring centers within a mile radius of the house.    [/quote]

You clearly haven’t followed the process for admission to these two magnets this year. The test was a secret, so no one could prep. The director even said several times during the parent meeting that there would be no math component, which turned out to be completely false.[/quote]

It was only a secret for the group that tested in December. Word got out quickly that it was Cogat and rushed to test prep. [/quote]

And, look how that worked out, eh.  It seems to me it's the prep maniacs that are raising the stink on this thread.  Asking everyone for scores receiving denials with 99s across the board, etc.[/quote]
Not necessarily. If your kid was in the 99th percentile without prepping and did not get in you want to know why. If kids with better scores are being rejected simply because of their street address you want to know[/quote]

There is no proof anyone has been discriminated against based on zip code.  The median quantitative score for TPMS is 99th percentile, which sounds like they've managed to identify a group of students who can handle a STEM magnet.  That is the goal of the selection process.  There are only enough magnet slots for 3% of middle school students county wide.  Do you think fewer than 3% of the students in your zip code were admitted?  I'm not suggesting there was an effort to spread admissions evenly across the district, my guess is the wealthier zips are still over represented.[/quote]

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