I believe that the scaled score cuts are set and stay the same all year. I guess part of the question is how they derive the scaled scores from the raw scores. Is it a set formula that also stays the same? Clearly the pool of students testing at the same time will impact whether a child receives a "special" top scorer award in addition to the usual award. But that is only going to affect a very small number of kids.
Another question, though, has to do with the tests. Don't they change the test every few months? Are the tests all of equal difficulty, or do they try to counteract the additional growth and learning by using gradually harder tests?
Somehow I doubt that it's possible to get answers about any of this. Still, interesting to ponder.
