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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The NMSF designation goes to the top 0.5 percent of kids in each state, so of course DC only has a few compared to the much larger high school populations of VA and MD. The cut off score also varies by state, with MD and MA usually having the highest cutoff. [b]DC 's cutoff is set at the highest state cutoff, and is generally higher than VA's cutoff score.[/b][/quote] Why the heck would they do this? Seems like a very odd design choice, given the high poverty rate for families in DC. Why wouldn't they just apply the same 0.5 percent methodology to kids in DC?[/quote] There are only about 5000 high school seniors in DC. Holding DC to the 0.5 percent would mean that only 25 kids would get the designation, instead of the 31 we have. It would mean that a few kids wouldn't get the designation despite having scored above the cutoff in every other state.[/quote]
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