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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would ask your school how it is determined. People who don't qualify for the pool can still be moved into ELC--the school looks at more factors. But it's done individually on a school-by-school basis.[/quote]

OP here. Thank you. Yes, I will ask his teacher, but I want to educate myself a little so I can ask right questions.  I am thinking of waiting to talk to his teacher until my son can self-report his spring MAP-R test score.  [/quote]

OP, I'm a NP and he doesn't need to self-report-- the teacher(s) have all that information already. Unless you meant you thought it would be based on spring MAP scores specifically? I don't think it's that strict.

It's my understanding that they fill out the ELC classes with kids like your son (probably) who score well and read above grade level but just didn't qualify for the pool, for whatever reason. It could be local norming, or it could be grades or something else. Did he get an A in reading and also an A in either social studies or writing? In the 2nd quarter? Because I believe those were hard prerequisites. If he doesn't have a 504/IEP, FARMS or ESOL and lots of kids in his cohort did, and still had high scores, he might also not have been in the pool, but probably would be in the ELC at his school.

My kid has a friend like this, and I assume she'll be in the ELC class. She scored well on the MAP-R, reads well above grade level, etc. but got a couple of Bs as she was out a lot that quarter. [/quote]

OP here. He gets straight As. He doesn't have a 504/IEP, FARMS or ESOL. I want to approach his teacher with concrete evidence that he should be in the ELC. I think the reason his winter MAP-R went down in the percentile was because he was recovering from being sick. So I want to know his spring MAP-R score to make my case. (If his spring MAP-R is still not good, I will accept that my son may not belong to the ELC.) 
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