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Do you 'enjoy' spending time with your kids?
- Yes, most of the time we really have fun together
- Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's really dull and aggravating
- Honestly most of the time it's not fun at all, but it's not supposed to be fun
- I really don't enjoy it at all, and wish I could spend less time with them
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Any 5th grade parents on (public school)? How important is it to get a 4 on both ELA and Math for most selective middle schools? Does a high 3 (over 700) on one of them mean you have just as good of a chance, or does that really hurt?
15 replies [ Reply | Watch | Moremy ds got a perfect 4 on both ela and math for 4th grade -that's the grades schools looked for selective middle school, said the test was easy at NEST, great report card but wasn't accepted but got into another great school. wanted to go to NEST..high 3's and 4's should be fine....btw, not bragging but he got 4's on his fifth grade ela, math, ss,.....any suggestions on the hunter's test for 7th grade?
[ Reply | More ]hold off on bragging re Hunter cutoff - you need scores that are above the 90th %ile. Not all scores ranked as level 4 are above the 90th percentile.
[ Reply | More ]huh??? I don't know what you're talking about, but a 4 on the state test is above the 90th percentile
[ Reply | More ]last year, hunter required 744 or higher on the math. A score of 699 got you a 4, but was way below the hunter cutoff. Don't count your chickens....
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I think they generally look at a combined score: Anderson and Delta both need 1385 (or that was the cut-off this year anyway). The score is just the cutoff to get in to take the (respective) tests. If a school has its own test I don't think the ELA/Math scores have any meaning beyond getting you to the next step.
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