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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, we are new to MCPS. What are the cutoff scores for getting invited to the 4th grade special program and/or the MS special program?[/quote]

Presuming no change from last year, criteria for central identification of 3rd graders for the lottery to be selected for the 4th-5th grade Centers for Enriched Studies include a locally normed 85th percentile on Winter MAP-R.  The practice of local norming groups schools with similar FARMS rates for comparison, with locally normed percentile scores that can be higher or lower than the published/reported national norms.  The score at which a student is 85th %ile within the low FARMS grouping of schools may be at the 95th %ile nationally (just an example -- the actual number won't be known until after analysis of the test data, and MCPS hasn't made it public since a public information act request a few years ago).  There are adjustments to a lower percentile for students receiving services -- special education, FARMS, 504 accmodation and ELD designation.

There is a similar paradigm for 5th graders for the Humanities and Math/Science/CS criteria-based magnets, relying on Fall MAP-R and MAP-M, respectively.  Due to the need to utilize a higher-level MAP test for consistency related to mainline usage of MAP, and due to greater uncertainty then introduced, the higher locally normed MAP percentile between spring of 4th and fall of 5th is used for students taking Math 5/6 in 5th grade.

Both the CES and criteria-based middle school programs have additional criteria (grades and reading level), but each criterion must be met.  This effectively is a cutoff, though not at a specific RIT score due to the local norming.  MCPS had published the 2024 FAQ for the middle school programs:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-cnoWQ61gfF2ybNI8ReXSV-AhTh5oQqhGzX0tCTqqkk/

The CES FAQ, when available, is likely to be similar.

Generally, entry into the lotteries affords automatic placement into locally delivered enriched curricula if not selected for the magnet program when the lottery is conducted:

4th/5th-grade Enriched Literacy Curriculum if not selected for CES

6th/7th/8th-grade Historical Inquiry into Global Humanities if not selected for the Humanities/Communications magnet

6th grade AIM or AMP7+ (depending on which is available at the school; each lead to Algebra in 7th grade) if not selected for the Math/Science/CS magnet

Schools have the flexibility to place additional students, beyond those centrally identified, in these courses/curricula.

Placement for elementary accelerated math (Math 4/5 in 4th & Math 5/6 in 5th) also starts with central review/recommendation, but has a slightly different paradigm (still with a component being 3rd grade MAP-M scores).  Note that there is not an elementary math magnet -- CES's may have de facto cohorting due to the prevalence of overall academic ability, but not every CES student across all CES program schools might end up in accelerated elementary math.  Some in-year movement of students between on-grade and accelerated math may occur.

None of these placements is directly tied to SIPPI/GT identification.  That is a separate process.[/quote]

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