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[quote=Anonymous]1. No, the middle school magnets are not meant to be a continuation of the elementary-level programs. There are MANY fewer middle school magnet slots than CES slots, particularly when you consider that two of the MS magnets are STEM focused and kids are chosen for CES based on writing/verbal skills.

1.5 The other reason they are not seen as a continuation is that 4th and 5th grades are times of intense academic and personal growth for many children, and research has demonstrated that testing from those years is more predictive of actual "gifted" status than testing from earlier years.

2. I think the kids in the CES program are probably expected to become stronger writers and perhaps deeper thinkers than their peers in the home school, but those are not skills that are necessarily measured in the middle school magnet admissions test.

3. It may not "make sense" to pool kids in the 96th percentile with 99th percentile kids, but it does serve the needs of kids who otherwise would not have a peer group in their home schools. It is good for those children, and good for the county as a whole.

4. Unknown. This is only the second year of a more universal screening process with home school cohort considered. [/quote]

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