When DD went to the gifted magnet, she was placed in the highest math group, and the teacher claimed one of the factors was the State standardized math score from the previous spring. I get the feeling that almost no one opts out so if using the scores for placement is a widespread practice among the schools here, I'm not sure what they are going to do if they come across a student who doesn't have the scores. I'll at least have her continue to take MAP if she can tolerate it.