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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Test results drive most of the decision for acceptance/rejection.

Grades are somewhat subjective too - some teachers are easier graders than others.[/quote]

Test results do not drive most of the decisions - I am told by AEI who handles selection process. In fact AEI has told many times that racial, gender equilibrium is one thing they look for. They would not put it in writing in the criteria - but they talk about it in information session. I have no idea how they achieve balance. AEI will not disclose clear cutoff points and they have said they take teachers recommendation into account. AEI will not also disclose the weights they assign to different factors (test result, grades, raven testing score from 2nd grade, MAP-R, teacher recommendation etc.). Hence the overall selection process is quite subjective and done on a case-to-case basis. [/quote]

Forgot to add, I also have learned that the academic levels of students selected to each HGC vary beacuse of this subjective selection process. [/quote]

I'm the pp from 8 a.m.  I think I was partly responding to this post which I disagree with. [/quote]

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