This has been very enlightening. It's too bad that the talent searches don't pool their data so that parents could get more reliable percentiles.
My understanding is that you also receive data comparing your child to 8th graders who take the EXPLORE. If so, then are they comparing your child to the NATIONAL statistics for 8th graders taking the test, or only to 8th graders in your region? If it's the former, then at least those numbers would be consistent from one talent search to another.
I'm just trying to get a handle on how to get some sort of meaningful information out of the test (other than looking at year-to-year improvement).
