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@classicalparent – I am so sorry for your experience. I agree with you that it doesn’t say much for the integrity of the scores or OAE. I have 2 letters (in print) that report different scores and no acknowledgment or explanation anywhere. The only reason I noticed is because you posted. Thanks for doing so.
Seems like if they make this change after the scores were initially reported, the parent of the child should be notified and some assurance made that it didn’t affect offer results. I’m not sure it would since the scores both count in offers and they flipped, so resulting admission results should be the same. That said, it would be nice to hear that from OAE.
I bet it happened to a lot more people, but most people didn’t notice because they didn’t bother to go back to check. Curious if there is anyone that applied to a non-K year with different M and R scores that can report that it did not happen to them.
This may be why OAE didn’t own up to the change. It probably would require them to send a notice to a lot of people and they just don’t want to deal with the firestorm of questions that would result. Seems shady.
Wow. My kid’s classical scores have flipped too. Different grade. I printed the letter early last week, so I am certain the scores have changed. Strange to get no notice about the change or explanation. Did this happen systemwide?
Very interesting that 99.9/70 or 99.8/70 would get an offer to SW given that CPS letters say that children who earn a score less than 75 in either math or reading may not be considered potential candidates for a classical school seat. I guess it shows that 99.9 and 99.8 reflect a high enough score that the combination puts these children next in line in late rounds.
@Bevdad – Ahh, the magic of FOIA. Does your data include decimals for numbers greater than 99? Historically for K, scores could reflect decimals after 99 (for ex. 99.7) and you could see > scores (for ex. >160 or >99.9) After K, I’ve never seen decimals or > scores reported.
Given you got 100, maybe your spreadsheet is rounding as that score has never been reported. Consider taking out the decimals on your spreadsheet.
In past, it seemed those decimals and > seemed to carry more weight than percentage points (for ex. 99.9/90 gets offer before 98/98). Would be interesting if you can see that pattern in the offers being made.
Where are you getting the CPS data? The first round scores are not Tier 4 scores. I’d guess Tier 1. The 12th round scores can be Tier 4 because they stop using tiers after a few rounds.
