National Merit and Early Graduation

menloparkmom
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:19:04 +0000

The cut off scores change very little [1 pt] from 1 year to the next in any state. I still don’t see what a small change in the # of students in a state has to do with the cut off score for that state. The cut off levels aren’t based on how many students in a particular state take the test- they are based on the quality of education in schools in a particular state. That is why NJ and MASS cut off scores are higher than those in MISS.