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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It may not be that uncommon to score that high on the test. For example, in one article I read they mentioned that in New York, out of kids on the UWS, 47% score in the 90th percentile or higher on a test used to determine "gifted" class placement. Your child may just be average bright and your JKLM/Deal/Wilson pathway is probably fine.[/quote]

no, in this case it is a true percentage.   Kids are compared against their grade mates at their school.  In a class of 100, there is one 96% kid, one 97%, etc.  [/quote]

Unless a bunch of kids has the same score.[/quote]

Yes, students could have the same score but than would just lower the percentage of students they score higher than.  It is written in terms of your child scores higher than X percent of the students at that school.  We have had two years of this test, my child has twice scored better than 99% of students at DC's JKLM in ELA and on math once scored higher than 99% and once higher than 91%.

My child was always well served by the teachers at the elementary school and we are now at Deal and generally happy (although I frankly think the math teachers at DC's elementary school were better).

I am with the parents that think OP should worry less about academics and more about fostering passions at this age.[/quote]

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