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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's an official write-up:

[quote][b]What data was used to evaluate my child?[/b]

1) Grade 3 report card, 
2) local assessments MAP-R and MAP-M
3) reading level
4) access to math enrichment, 
5) instructional need, a non-scored student questionnaire,  
6) an outside assessment: Cognitive Test of Abilities Test (CogAT): Screener, 
7) current student services such as receiving special education services, ESOL-English for Speakers of Other Languages, 504 accommodations plan and Free and Reduced Meals 
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At our school, we were told that reading levels are no longer specifically assessed.  Kids read "at", below or ahead.  They don't do further assessment than this.  Can a teacher chime in to let us know if this is true.  I don't really care about CES, but just curious if teachers are still assessing students quarterly like they had in the past.  Additionally, I don't see any type of "math enrichment" given.  DS scored extremely high on MAP-M and he does the exact same thing others kids do.  FWIW, I don't have an issue with this, but the criteria provided above seems outdated.[/quote]

4 is definitely an odd thing to take in to account since it is school dependent, but it's possible your child did not make the cut. At our school they took only kids with 99th+ percentile scores for enrichment. A lot of parents who presumably have kids with 90+ percentile scores assume there isn't enrichment since I have heard them grumble about it but there is. [/quote]

I'm the PP you had responded to.  My DS has always been 99%, usually 2-3 grades up.  I know the MAP-P doesn't count for much because it's K-2nd, but he also took the MAP-M in 3rd and scored somewhere 99% for 6th graders.  And he definitely does not get any enrichment.[/quote]

Your child would have made the cut at our school. They told me my DD was borderline for enrichment with a 99th percentile score close to the 99th percentile for that grade. I do think it varies from school to school year to year whether they have the resources to offer enrichment. [/quote]

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