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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Remember that a magnet can pull children from one school to another, so the probability a CES program has a large 99th percentile cohort is correspondingly lower.

Another interesting statistic - TPMS was the school with the highest level of 95%+.  95.6% of the 137 students (e.g. 131) scored in the 95th percentile or higher.

Using the SWAG method - somewhere between 1/15th (stingy SWAG) to 1/5th (generous SWAG), means that it's most likely that somewhere between 9 to 26 students actually scored within the 99th percentile at TPMS.  Why such a big range?  First, it's statistics so there are a lot of other factors to consider (ex. enrichment programs, statistical anomalies, etc.), and second, because MCPS never releases exact data (which would lead to ranking of students).[/quote]

What 137 students at TPMS? There are around 350 per grade and 125 in the magnet program (per grade).[/quote]

I read that to indicate 137 scored over the 95% according to them  but yes TOMS has close to 1000 students  I also suspect their numbers are off since 90% of the 375 magnet students score in the top 5% in years past  it will likely be much lower next year because of the 85% lottery [/quote]

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