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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If all of you are so convinced that only kids with exclusively 99% on the MAP get in, why go through the dog and pony show of screening 5000 5th graders!? Why not just screen the kids with only MAP scores in the 99%? [/quote]

MAP is one of several metrics used. There were a handful of kids admitted with less than 99% map in the past. We don't have access to their info so it's only speculation, but I'd imagine they scored very high on the CogAT and had other mitigating factors like FARMS.

In general,[b] I wouldn't expect to be admitted to the STEM magnet with less than 99% on the MAP-M.[/b] The data the county shares shows that MCPS' MAP numbers are fairly close to national i.e. 99% = (roughly) 99%. Each grade has around 12k kids. There just aren't that many kids running around with scores like that at least outside of DCUM. :D
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But  the opposite isn't true. 99% on the MAP-M is no guarantee of acceptance; my kid consistently scores 99% on the MAP, but her score was only 250 in the fall. There's a bunch of kids in her grade with higher absolute scores but they all fall under the same 99%. 
Honestly, I don't think my DD will get invited.
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