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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]On the comment about 98/99%, so are all other kids at the other CES programs 98/98 (Math/Reading)? That doesn't seem right.[/quote]
As much as many  DCUM posters may exaggerate these things, it seems statistically likely. The county mean is a little higher than the national average. What this means is that instead of 1 out 100 kids scoring in the 99% more like 1.2 out of 100 score in the 99%. When your looking at the top 2%-3% of all students the 98% or higher seems plausible for at least one exam. However, there are posts on this forum that indicate many kids were admitted to the regional CES with much lower MAP-M scores. This also seems likely since it's humanities focused and compacted math is different than CES.

It’s also important to understand what a 99% means on a MAP test. This isn’t an intelligence test like the CogAT. It doesn’t even measure aptitude. Students scoring in the 99% have all been exposed to concepts that are 1.5-2 years ahead of their grade level.  In most cases, this means outside enrichment. [/quote]

I'm one of the folks whose child is in a regional CES with lower than a 99% on both cogat quantitative sub-section and MAP-M. Not that much lower, but lower.

I assume that my child's consistently high MAP-R scores and performance on the verbal section of the screening test were seen as balancing the lower quantitative/math scores for the purposes of the CES, but do not anticipate my child would be a strong candidate for the TPMS magnet, which is fine.

FWIW, my child has thrived at the CES and grades are excellent. This is not to say other children who were not admitted might not also have thrived, just that a lower quant score did not mean my child was doomed to failure in at a regional CES. [/quote]

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