Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child got in with a 54. The letter we received seemed to say they looked at the CogAT percentile along with other MCPS metrics. I’m not sure they looked at the score breakdowns at all.

This flies against the argument that MCPS didn't lower the test score threshold.

The 54 is still 99th percentile. We don’t know that the child who was not admitted with a 56 and the child who was admitted with a 54 were being considered for the same CES location. I don’t think this one data point means much of anything.

You also don't know several other factors, Cogat is ONLY ONE measure they looked at people!!! They also looked at MAP scores, report cards, reading level, MCPS assessments, and cohort at the home school. Comparing ONE of the measures and drawing conclusions based on that one measure alone is useless!!

Well, someone needs to get in given that they want every school represented in the centers. Raw scores in this are arguably more meaningful than a few points higher on MAPS.

Anonymous wrote:MCPS claims that the selection committee only has the percentile and not the raw score. Then all of these kids are the same in terms of CoGat. Isn’t this what they said?

I don't quite remember them saying it, what I do remember is their ridiculous 'peerless' concept. As in, a child should be 'without peers' at their home school to get into a center. Well, I know at least 4 'peers' at my child's school who all scored 99% on the test with very close MAP scores. (That's just from the kids in their class talking, I'm sure there's more equally high scoring children in that grade). Why were some students accepted and others rejected? What's the logic here?

OP again. Two kids in DC's grades who did get accepted also had 99% percentile on the test; otherwise, similar stats. So, either their raw scores were higher, or their MAPs were, but it doesn't really matter at this point.

I'm just a bit surprised the county didn't provide parents with the acceptance score per each CES, like they did a couple of years ago.

MCPS claims that the selection committee only has the percentile and not the raw score. Then all of these kids are the same in terms of CoGat. Isn’t this what they said?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child was denied with 56 total. Verbal analogies - all correct, Number analogies - 17 out of 18, and Figure Matrices, well, that's, probably, what did her in.

Anyone care to share your child's scores? Just wondering how mine compares to the rest of the MoCo genius pool.

Was this 99th percentile?

OP. Yes, it was. But I agree with PPs that some centers might have had higher admittance scores.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child got in with a 54. The letter we received seemed to say they looked at the CogAT percentile along with other MCPS metrics. I’m not sure they looked at the score breakdowns at all.

This flies against the argument that MCPS didn't lower the test score threshold.

The 54 is still 99th percentile. We don’t know that the child who was not admitted with a 56 and the child who was admitted with a 54 were being considered for the same CES location. I don’t think this one data point means much of anything.

Anonymous wrote:My child got in with a 54. The letter we received seemed to say they looked at the CogAT percentile along with other MCPS metrics. I’m not sure they looked at the score breakdowns at all.

This flies against the argument that MCPS didn't lower the test score threshold.

Anonymous wrote:Did you get letters today? My kid got in, but I haven’t seen these kinds of scores, just the percentile.

We hadn’t seen them until yesterday. DC’s teacher gave it to her - single sheet of paper with scores and one page letter with it.

Anonymous wrote:My child was denied with 56 total. Verbal analogies - all correct, Number analogies - 17 out of 18, and Figure Matrices, well, that's, probably, what did her in.

Anyone care to share your child's scores? Just wondering how mine compares to the rest of the MoCo genius pool.

Was this 99th percentile?

Did you get letters today? My kid got in, but I haven’t seen these kinds of scores, just the percentile.

My child got in with a 54. The letter we received seemed to say they looked at the CogAT percentile along with other MCPS metrics. I’m not sure they looked at the score breakdowns at all.

My child got in with a 58, 21, 18 and 19

My child got in with 59. 23, 18, 18.

My child was denied with 56 total. Verbal analogies - all correct, Number analogies - 17 out of 18, and Figure Matrices, well, that's, probably, what did her in.

Anyone care to share your child's scores? Just wondering how mine compares to the rest of the MoCo genius pool.