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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're right, it doesn't really matter. But, I am curious about this year's CoGAT  scores... A 95% cutoff is lower than in previous years, so I am trying to get a sense of what this means.[/quote]

It has been discussed with details in various threads.
Previous years, FCPS used national CoGAT tests, and the 98% cutoff is national score (which translate into about 85%~90% in FCPS, give or take). This year, FCPS "developed" its own version of CoGAT, so the 95% is FCPS 95%. Consensus, the standard is actually raised for CoGAT.[/quote]

This is what I do not get. Everybody says that FCPS test results are typically higher than national, yet, I see that a 98% cutoff based on national scores translates (according to many posts such as the above) to a much lower cutoff percentile in FCPS. How is that possible?[/quote]

THe 98th percentile is based on everyone in the nation.  The new 95th percentile is based on ONLY Fairfax test takers.

FOr apples to apples, the 98th [i]national[/i] percentile translated to ~the 90th [i]Fairfax[/i] percentile.  So, it appear the County actually raised the bar for qualifying based on the CogAt tests by setting it at the 95th percentile of Fairfax scores.[/quote]

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