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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, this is quite interesting from their FAQ, which was just updated today.

[b]What do the MCPS percentiles mean? How are MCPS percentiles determined?[/b]
The socioeconomic status of elementary schools was used to determine the locally normed score on
the CogAT® (MCPS Percentiles). In establishing MCPS Percentiles, students in schools with
minimal poverty were compared to one another, students in schools with moderate poverty were
compared to each other, and students from schools highly impacted by poverty were compared to
each other.

[b]Why did MCPS use local norms? How were local norms created?[/b]
Based on guidance from the National Association for Gifted Children, the use of local norms was
undertaken to ensure equity and access in identification of students for program access. [/quote]

Well, this raises more questions than it answers...
Does this mean that a student in a school highly impacted by poverty is scored more indulgently than a student at a low-poverty school? And for CES centers that draw from both high-poverty and low-poverty schools, the students are compared according to these" doctored "scores?

If that's not rank discrimination, I don't know what is.

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