sounds like they are saying they have programs for 'x' sort of kid, and if your kid scores in the range that makes them look like 'x' sort of kid, they will do well in our program.
this doesn't sound like they are even necessarily trying to find the majority of the high ability kids, and really sounds like they are NOT trying to find the highest ability kids. Is this cogat?
"Since the quantitative part of the test is based on number sense and number concepts, the committee felt the MAP test would provide us with good information on students who were strong in this academic area. Therefore, the decision was made to take out the quantitative portion of the test and use the nonverbal portion weighted equally with the verbal portion."
gets a little dicey there, but are they saying they are now using 2/3 of one test and the map test to cover the 1/3 they dropped?
