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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its true that MCPS uses their own testing to assess G&T but having WPPSI scores definitely doesn't hurt. I had them for both my kids in the early elementary grades when we moved from a West coast private to a Bethesda Elementary. They took those results as an immediate understanding of where to place my children - with which teachers and in what groupings (unofficial) within the classroom for reading and math.

[b]Its not true that the MCPS G&T category is meaningless. It has an impact on the math classes your child will be in for 4th, 5th and MS.[/b]

Each area is different but at Bradley Hills for example there were 4 compacted math groups and 2 regular math groups, the compacted math kids who scored As and Bs consistently, went into what is effectively pre-Algebra at Pyle. IM 6 and succeeding in that, into Algebra 1 for 7th grade.

There are categories which may seem meaningless in ES but they are setting the route, very often for your child's future academics. [/quote]
Correlation =/= Causation. Yes, many kids identified as GT get placed in compacted math but you don't have to have the GT designation to be placed in compacted math. That placement is determined by actual performance (+ stretching some kids if they need to fill classes.)[/quote]

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