GT notification letters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New letters arrived today, and I thought the updated format was interesting. There are multiple criteria and kids need to hit either 3 or 4 of them, depending

MAP R
MAP M
MCAP? (I wasn't sure whether that's what this was)
Teacher Questionnaire
Parent Questionnaire
Staff Advocacy

It's actually much more transparent than earlier years and I think an improvement in terms of communication.

thanks for the update!

So you are only notified if you are deemed gifted, correct?
Also 2nd graders don’t take MAP R. My kids MAP report only has math

They do take MAP R but don't release the scores. I don't know why. We had a conference with our 2nd grade teacher and she told us the score, to help us better understand our child's needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New letters arrived today, and I thought the updated format was interesting. There are multiple criteria and kids need to hit either 3 or 4 of them, depending

MAP R
MAP M
MCAP? (I wasn't sure whether that's what this was)
Teacher Questionnaire
Parent Questionnaire
Staff Advocacy

It's actually much more transparent than earlier years and I think an improvement in terms of communication.

This page links to the policy, state requirement, and a document with the criteria and FAQs.
I don't see MCAP listed on the document.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New letters arrived today, and I thought the updated format was interesting. There are multiple criteria and kids need to hit either 3 or 4 of them, depending

MAP R
MAP M
MCAP? (I wasn't sure whether that's what this was)
Teacher Questionnaire
Parent Questionnaire
Staff Advocacy

It's actually much more transparent than earlier years and I think an improvement in terms of communication.

This page links to the policy, state requirement, and a document with the criteria and FAQs.
I don't see MCAP listed on the document.

Here's the link https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/enriched/policy.aspx

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New letters arrived today, and I thought the updated format was interesting. There are multiple criteria and kids need to hit either 3 or 4 of them, depending

MAP R
MAP M
MCAP? (I wasn't sure whether that's what this was)
Teacher Questionnaire
Parent Questionnaire
Staff Advocacy

It's actually much more transparent than earlier years and I think an improvement in terms of communication.

That’s almost exactly the same as last year with the addition of MCAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New letters arrived today, and I thought the updated format was interesting. There are multiple criteria and kids need to hit either 3 or 4 of them, depending

MAP R
MAP M
MCAP? (I wasn't sure whether that's what this was)
Teacher Questionnaire
Parent Questionnaire
Staff Advocacy

It's actually much more transparent than earlier years and I think an improvement in terms of communication.

This page links to the policy, state requirement, and a document with the criteria and FAQs.
I don't see MCAP listed on the document.

I was wrong. It's an end of quarter assessment, not MCAP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:New letters arrived today, and I thought the updated format was interesting. There are multiple criteria and kids need to hit either 3 or 4 of them, depending

MAP R
MAP M
MCAP? (I wasn't sure whether that's what this was)
Teacher Questionnaire
Parent Questionnaire
Staff Advocacy

It's actually much more transparent than earlier years and I think an improvement in terms of communication.

This page links to the policy, state requirement, and a document with the criteria and FAQs.
I don't see MCAP listed on the document.

I was wrong. It's an end of quarter assessment, not MCAP

What assessment? Math or reading or both?

[Anonymous]

For my 2nd grader, the “EOL district assessments” held her back. What are those?! She’s 99th percentile on map scores. Reading over a year above grade level (always been this way since K). She’s always gotten straight As. She’s always been in the math enrichment groups at school. Teachers always comment on how brilliant she is. This is bizarre!!!! I don’t understand.

[Anonymous]

But does the designation have any practical impact? DC “meets the criteria” but does not seem to be offered anything beyond opportunities for enrichment/ acceleration - which I think he (and some other classmates) were already getting in 2nd grade…?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For my 2nd grader, the “EOL district assessments” held her back. What are those?! She’s 99th percentile on map scores. Reading over a year above grade level (always been this way since K). She’s always gotten straight As. She’s always been in the math enrichment groups at school. Teachers always comment on how brilliant she is. This is bizarre!!!! I don’t understand.

Totally on the same boat. Seems that EOL district assessments held our kid back, who reads at middle school level, and is great at math (if they are not bored). We recently had them tested for potential attention issues and full scale IQ came back in extremely high range. No sure if it's worth requesting a rescreen- they definitely need the enrichment (already bored in class)- but we don't want to seem like one of those pushy MCPS parents that think their kid is of course gifted

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For my 2nd grader, the “EOL district assessments” held her back. What are those?! She’s 99th percentile on map scores. Reading over a year above grade level (always been this way since K). She’s always gotten straight As. She’s always been in the math enrichment groups at school. Teachers always comment on how brilliant she is. This is bizarre!!!! I don’t understand.

Totally on the same boat. Seems that EOL district assessments held our kid back, who reads at middle school level, and is great at math (if they are not bored). We recently had them tested for potential attention issues and full scale IQ came back in extremely high range. No sure if it's worth requesting a rescreen- they definitely need the enrichment (already bored in class)- but we don't want to seem like one of those pushy MCPS parents that think their kid is of course gifted

Ditto!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For my 2nd grader, the “EOL district assessments” held her back. What are those?! She’s 99th percentile on map scores. Reading over a year above grade level (always been this way since K). She’s always gotten straight As. She’s always been in the math enrichment groups at school. Teachers always comment on how brilliant she is. This is bizarre!!!! I don’t understand.

Totally on the same boat. Seems that EOL district assessments held our kid back, who reads at middle school level, and is great at math (if they are not bored). We recently had them tested for potential attention issues and full scale IQ came back in extremely high range. No sure if it's worth requesting a rescreen- they definitely need the enrichment (already bored in class)- but we don't want to seem like one of those pushy MCPS parents that think their kid is of course gifted

Remember that this is the same board and lady who were under multiple asian discrimination complaints. "EOL district assessment" is probably an "equity" adjustment if you're white or asian. In 2019, the middle school magnet went lottery, if you recall. This is the elementary school equivalent.

Unless the current board of education is voted out in July, I'll bet it won't change anytime soon under the current sup, and even then not until she's fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For my 2nd grader, the “EOL district assessments” held her back. What are those?! She’s 99th percentile on map scores. Reading over a year above grade level (always been this way since K). She’s always gotten straight As. She’s always been in the math enrichment groups at school. Teachers always comment on how brilliant she is. This is bizarre!!!! I don’t understand.

Totally on the same boat. Seems that EOL district assessments held our kid back, who reads at middle school level, and is great at math (if they are not bored). We recently had them tested for potential attention issues and full scale IQ came back in extremely high range. No sure if it's worth requesting a rescreen- they definitely need the enrichment (already bored in class)- but we don't want to seem like one of those pushy MCPS parents that think their kid is of course gifted

Ditto!

It’s comforting to know I’m not alone. I’m okay with being a pushy parent at this point. My kid missed an unfortunate amount of school over the last few years. We don’t have time for silly mistakes anymore. I will advocate for my child to get what she needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For my 2nd grader, the “EOL district assessments” held her back. What are those?! She’s 99th percentile on map scores. Reading over a year above grade level (always been this way since K). She’s always gotten straight As. She’s always been in the math enrichment groups at school. Teachers always comment on how brilliant she is. This is bizarre!!!! I don’t understand.

Totally on the same boat. Seems that EOL district assessments held our kid back, who reads at middle school level, and is great at math (if they are not bored). We recently had them tested for potential attention issues and full scale IQ came back in extremely high range. No sure if it's worth requesting a rescreen- they definitely need the enrichment (already bored in class)- but we don't want to seem like one of those pushy MCPS parents that think their kid is of course gifted

Remember that this is the same board and lady who were under multiple asian discrimination complaints. "EOL district assessment" is probably an "equity" adjustment if you're white or asian. In 2019, the middle school magnet went lottery, if you recall. This is the elementary school equivalent.

Unless the current board of education is voted out in July, I'll bet it won't change anytime soon under the current sup, and even then not until she's fired.

The score is between 1 and 5. There's no equity adjustment, and even then it was never based on race. It was always based on SES of the home school. But you knew that already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But does the designation have any practical impact? DC “meets the criteria” but does not seem to be offered anything beyond opportunities for enrichment/ acceleration - which I think he (and some other classmates) were already getting in 2nd grade…?

Wouldn’t you be confused if your straight A, 99th percentile child was getting enrichment now and was recommended for no enrichment for next year?

[Anonymous]

MCPS needs to specify what "EOL district assessment" is. Even our school’s reading teacher doesn’t know.

And I was so correct in feeling my kid’s teacher would rate her in a way in which she was below threshold. Good thing it doesn’t matter because the parent survey overrode her bs assessment. She’s 99 percentile and that is a lazy teacher who I never got a good vibe from. I wrote a scathing assessments on my reviews of her too and now I’m glad I was honest.