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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I am sure this is the CW in DCUM, but I suspect this is correct only for Chevy Chase and Cold Spring. For Barnsley and Drew it is not true as they both serve schools with very high FARMS/ESOL as well as very low FARMS/ESOL, so peer cohort will have an impact on admissions. I would guess this would be true for most other centers as well.[/quote]

This is purely anecdotal, but my child is at a regional CES that draws from a very diverse catchment zone. The lowest FARMS rate in the zone is about 10 percent. The highest is about 70 percent. So, a huge swing. Based on my child's class (current 5th) and the class that came in the next year, I do not get the impression that the higher FARMS school is sending the bulk of the kids to the program. If anything, it seems pretty evenly split. [/quote]

They tried to have representation from every school. This is not in dispute. But the kids who are FARMS get an advantage over kids who are not so if a school has 4 kids that are outliers and a child with FARMS status who scores just below the 4th kid this child plus the top three scoreres might get admission.[/quote]

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