GT Letters came home today
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Anonymous
No it doesn't. |
Anonymous
| MD requires that schools do GT testing and report the results but it does nto require that the results are used. If you want more challenging work have your child tested for a GT center in 3rd grade. That test id's the top 2 or 3% of students as opposed to the top 40% (at some schools it is like 80+% of the kids). |
Anonymous
| many kids get these kind of letters, it really doesn't mean a thing except maybe that the school (administration, teachers) would support your child's application to the HGC in the 3rd grade (for 4th and 5th grades) which is a separate process and requires a 2-3 hour test, taken usually in January, but applications are usually due late October or November. |
Anonymous
| Not going to post my kids scores, but I am wondering what are typical scores for kids that get into the GT centers? |
Anonymous
| I would think they vary as the testing is different. The center testing is more IQ than facts.. |
Anonymous
Congratulations. In real life, just be aware that describing in detail how well you or your children did, without any modesty, puts people off because they interpret it as shameless bragging. FYI for next time. |
Anonymous
The scores used to get into the centers are from a different test. I'd guess that most of the kids who get into the centers are in the top 1% or very close. |
Anonymous
Um...she didn't do it IRL, she did it on an anonymous forum to provide a data point. Congrats to your son, PP! It's ridiculous that we live in a society where we can celebrate every goal and gymnastics competition but feel the need to denigrate smarts. |
Anonymous
I am proud of my son and i am very happy also. I don't care of the people who are just jealous because they didn't put enough efforts for their children to get succeed. They just blame the system for everything. My words for them "Wake up". My DS also get 95% percentile in John Hopkins test. If you think this is bragging, I'll laugh on you. If you really know how he got these, I'll be more than happy to share with you. |
Anonymous
Thanks and i agree with you |
Anonymous
| I assume the format of these letters is uniform in the County. My child's letter was two pages long - the first page discussed my child's reading and math levels, and on the back side of that page made recommendations for reading and math placement next year. The second page reported the standardized test results. My question is this - what is the most "accelerated" mat recommendation that can be made on these letters. My child always did very well in math this year, and received 99 percentile on all categories of the cognitive assessment (no bragging, I only raise it to relate to my question), yet the recommendation in the letter was that she receive next year "on grade level math, withenrichment/acceleration within the grade level." Is this a result of curr. 2.0, or did she not qualify for advanced math (meaning, above grade level math). |
Anonymous
| I think it's 2.0 - mine got the exact same thing for Math, and there's no way he's on grade level - both from his teacher's perspective (from teacher conferences) and mine. |
Anonymous
| Most of the kids at our elementary school do very well on that screening and are classified as gifted. The real test is the test to get into the highly gifted centers. Report back next year after those results to give yourself a pat on the back.... or not. |
Anonymous
Some kids are getting chosen to do the compacted 4/5/6 math schedule. I think I read that it's 13% or so of the kids? |
Anonymous
Great that your son is gifted. Maybe he could tutor you on the use of prepositions. Congrats! |