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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know how they actually select students for these programs?  They can't have time to interview them all, can they?  Do they use intelligence tests or something like that?  At the elementary and middle school levels they mostly use MAP scores which don't really tell you much about intelligence or potential (just what topics kids have been exposed to and retained), but they must have something better for high school, right?  [/quote]
They used to use Cogat instead of MAP, but I think they didn't like that white/Asian students typically did better in Cogat, so they thought if they switched to MAP it would capture more URM kids.

Here's the thing though, MCPS own numbers show that, statistically, white/Asian students do better in MAP, as well.

So, then MCPS tried the "no peer cohort  at the home school criteria" admissions for the MS, and provided "enriched" classes at the home school,  but that failed, too, because as people have stated, you can't mirror the success of the magnet programs without the same curriculum, trained teachers, and the peer cohort.

So, now they are trying for regional programs at the HS level, but again, that won't work out as well because again, you can't recreate a magnet program across all six regions without the qualified teachers, especially in STEM, and the peer cohort of top students from the county.[/quote]

Actually it was because of COVID and COGat wasn’t administered, whereas all the students were still taking the MAP.

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