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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Previously, the median for accepted students was at 75% of the full test score.  For example, if the full score for math was 60, the median score for the accepted students was at 40 to 47.  These scores were printed on the rejection letter from MCPS.  My DC received two althought her score were at the median of accepted students.  She was not enrolled because the accepted students from her ES and MS have scores aboved the publiched median.
Last year, the HS magnet test became much easier.  The median for the accepted students were 55/60 in one of the catagory.   
When MCPS waters down the test, instead of a normal distribution curve (bell curve), the curve will be like a plateau.  Now, AEI can admitt anyone they want.  There is nor difference between 99% and 93% or 90%.  The kids are equally smart. 
I would like to see if MCPS is willing to publish the accepted students' median MAP-w and MAP-r scores, at least these tests are open ended, and no one prepares for them.[/quote]

[b]For the last time, the test this year was a secret, and no one could not prep even if he or she wanted to.[/b] Someone above said that once word got out that it was the COGAT, the later test takers prepped. I don't know "how word got out." It certainly wasn't on this site, which would really be the only way for the "masses" to know. Moreover, how could you even prep in a week for such a test?  It seems that there are some on this thead who are bitter that there are kids scoring extremely high and are attributing it to "being prepped." Of course, next year, the kids can all prep babes on knowledge gleaned from this thead![/quote]

Hence the reason why there aren't too many kids from CS...they could not  prep. [/quote]

They did not prep, but still had kids receiving straight 99s. My child at a different center did too with no prep. Indeed, the DCAAP director said multiple times at the parent meeting that there would be no math on test. (Not the most honest person...)[/quote]
They could not prepped this year.  New test and the belief there wouldn't be math test...hence the  results. [/quote]

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