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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So it seems that some kids with lower scores ‘won’ the lottery and that’s bad luck for the high scoring and also deserving kids. I don’t understand how high scorers were not included in the pool when there are clearly kids with lower (still very good) scores in there.[/quote]

A much simpler way to doing it would have been to select the top scorers, taking into account previous years of MAP scores to account for the pandemic.[/quote]

True, although the scores may not be the perfect predictor for success in magnet programs. [/quote]

Honestly, the magnet middle school program could double or triple their seating and not dilute their excellence. Due to seat shortages, it's more selective than either high school or elementary school magnets.

No selection method is perfect, but I would rather have a strictly academic selection method than any other. This isn't so much for the children who get in since I know they'll do well (see above). It's to allow the outliers and higher-scorers to avoid their home school. A bright kid who is on the cusp might be expected to do well at either school, but for a kid who consistently scores higher than anyone else - how can anyone think they'd be fine in their home school? Weren't magnets made for just these children?[/quote]

I agree but you have to have the top kids there or else it's pointless. At TPMS there's a core group of a dozen kids in each grade who are exceptional. Other kids go there to be with these kids. If they are no longer there then what?[/quote]

And this top dozen group is uniquely determined by the top dozen MAP scores? I am not trying to be snarky, just curious. [/quote]

DC's map score is 30 points over the 99% and in the high 270s. The difference in their score and a 99% is the same as that of an 70% and a 99%. However, they did not make the cut. They had straight A's. They are in the CES. They had 99% cog-at when they took it in 3rd and 5's on both PARCs.  This is a lottery.  Their scores were great but it didn't matter in the end. [/quote]

They didn't make the cut to be in pool?  Or they were in the pool and didn't win the lottery.  [/quote]

270s and straight As are nothing to brag about for a Humanities sixth grader. I’m a little embarrassed for you that those are the stats you think should qualify your kid.[/quote]

They were providing info on a thread about stats. There are maybe a handful of kids with scores like that in the county. I think their point is it's a lottery and even being one of the top scorers doesn't mean you get selected at random. [/quote]

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