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Gifted Public Of course, anyone?? How can he score 92 when he got them all correct?

Bracken School Readiness Assessment� (BSRA) Scores
Number of
Items
Items Correct Percentile Rank
Total BSRA Score 88 88 92

BSRA Subtest Scores Number of Items Items Correct

Colors Subtest 11 11
Letters Subtest 16 16
Numbers/Counting Subtest 19 19
Sizes Subtest 12 12
Comparisons Subtest 10 10
Shapes Subtest 20 20

8% of those taking the test also got them all right, so the score isn't that rare, even if it is perfect.

I was pretty ticked off that my 800 GRE score was 95th percentile, but I guess that section wasn't too hard for anyone.

Sounds like a test that doesn't distinguish in the tails because it's too easy for many kids. There are *many* tests kids take with similar issues including ACT/SAT for many kids.

Really? That is what it means? So the highest score possible for that part is 92%.

WOW crazy, that is just not right. They should make the tests harder.

Thanks for the answer. I was sure it had to be a mistake.

Hi Tracey
Guess you're enjoying nyc's annual farce! And you are not the only one annoyed, i heard the same thing from other parents too! Kaikab's answer is illustrated comparing my DS and yours, because they are absurdly taking the same test, so where it is rare for 5 year olds to get 83 out of 88 my DS gets a 99 but more older kids get them all right because it's colors and shapes and stuff kids in school should know! Actually the fact that it is a 92 is rather disheartening that it's not lower. Are you trying for a citywide slot?

DeHe

I just wrote Tracey back that DD got them all right and got a 98, wo she averaged 99, with the 25% weighting on the 98.

Since her birthday is end of Sept, the bell curve put her in range that her overall was 99. So kids with a birthday early in the year don't have a chance.

Hi DeHe,
But it says the percentile rank in comparison to students of the same age??

I always learned that 92 Percentile means 8 percent scored higher which is not possible

I am just sooo confused. I guess it just confirms my feelings on how dumb the city schools are lol

Tracey
I think what it means in total is that the olsat counts more for the older kids in that you have to do better on olsat to do better overall. Ren's point about age matters depending on what age dc is - apparently they don't age norm after 2nd. But still, no one did better than he did on the BRSA!

Just read on inside schools that 14000 took the test, 4000 made the 90% and 1400 made the 97%. Yeah for NYC 1400 meet their criteria for citywide g&t, oops we only have 300 seats!!

Grrr!!

DeHe

I didn't realize that the Stanford tests were figuring the percentiles that way. I had a homeschooled 5th grader whom I tested on the SAT last year who missed 25-35% of the questions on some of the sections and still came out in the low 90s in terms of percentiles on some of those (science comes to mind as one subtest where that was the case.)