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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is currently in a catholic school and I think a very good candidate for the MCPS gifted and talented program based on test scores and a variety of other factors.  Currently in 1st grade.  A couple of questions:

- The test is in January of his 3rd grade year.  Are there test prep materials or programs we should use, and if so, when?  Should we start now?

- will it hurt his chances coming from a catholic school?

- anything else we should do to help best prepare?

Thanks![/quote]

It depends on your Catholic school.  The one in our neighborhood is significantly behind the public school and doesn't focus on timed tests (for example).  So coming from a school without that background could impact your child's ability on the test, but not your child's chance of getting into the school.   You could move them into public school in 3rd grade to get them acclimated to the testing and work.

There are sample problems.  One test was the Raven test, but now I think that might have been the middle school test.  I forget now!

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