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Oh wait.

The SCAT as taken for CTY is an out-of-level test, and when they send scores out, the report says something like, "Little Susie (8th grade) scored 495, which is at the 98th percentile for 10th graders."

I've wondered who JHU norms it against. Maybe they send it out to schools as a grade-level test and use the test taken by lots of regular 7th graders as their screening test for 5th graders.

JHU is very secretive about the test because they don't want people to game it by prepping for it. The schools might have to sign confidentiality agreements with them as a condition of getting the test.