Ahhhh! Just when I needed this thread the most (I am *beyond* cynical this week....)

My submissions would all be related to the idea that national norms/percentiles aren't compelling indicators in our district (because "we have lots of kids like that in this district"). Even the measures selected BY the district apparantly mean nothing, never mind silly little measures like scoring in the 99th percentile on the EXPLORE.... Who knew that my kids were attending school in Lake Woebegone????

Hmmm...now that I think about it....since all of our students are apparently gifted, I guess all of our programming must be geared two years or more above the national standards for each grade level. Now how did I miss that? smirk