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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the way to go about it is to think about what needs your child has that are not being met in your home school.

A large part of this could be social.  Does your child have peers?  Is he able to work with others at a level appropriate to him, or is he always off in the corner working on something at his own level?  Does he fit in/make friends, or is it hard for him to find kids who are interested in what he's interested in, or at his level.  (Example: kids who play with army men vs. a kid who reads World War II histories.)

Look at his MARP-R scores.  At what grade level does he read?  My son who was admitted to an HGC read, in third grade, at a 12th grade+ level.  My daughter, who in third grade read at a 6th grade level, was not admitted.   So while they will say something like "HGC kids typically read two or more grade levels above," in reality most of them read at the top of the high school level.

Do you have outside testing, like IQ testing?  If so, you should look for an IQ score on the WISC that's 135 or better (I learned this from an educational consultant and I believe it was accurate for last year's pool).  It's not that there aren't kids with a lower IQ in the program, but more that a score lower than that won't help you make your case on appeal.

If his scores on all the tests were well below the mean, unless there are some really significant extenuating circumstances, it will be hard to make your case.[/quote]

Sounds like MCPS speak.[/quote]

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