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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is up with this survey?  The directions to access it are absolutely insane.  Why is it so complicated to access?  And how is the survey relevant?  Isn’t every parent going to say that their kid is awesome at everything?  I am just wondering if the survey is actually used by the school or they just ask the current 2nd grade teachers and go with that list for G&T.  [/quote]

It is used, it is one of the behavioral checklists for GT. If your kid passed all 4 academic criteria ( 2 benchmark assessments, map, dibels), you don’t need to worry about the behavior survey. If your kid passes only 3 academic tests there is a chance for GT through the behavioral checklists (one by parent and one by teacher).[/quote]

Can someone tell me more because I have a first grader. He has quite high score on math like 220, dibel 510, and I know he has no problem in benchmark assessments. However, he has IEP for behavior problems and we get some calls from teacher every single year. What does that mean? Is GT based on lottery or is it based on score only or score & behavior now? What can kid get out of 2nd grade gifted and talented survey? School is boring for him, and I would really want him to be considered for GT in the coming future. [/quote]

The GT designation that you get in 2nd grade does not have any impact on whether you are selected for the GT program for 4th/5th grade. That happens at the end of 3rd grade, and that's based on MAP-R scores and grades. MAP-M is not considered.[/quote]
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This.  Notionally it is supposed to qualify you for in-classroom enrichment in grade 3.  Show me a 3rd grade teacher who has time to "enrich" their quick learners on a regular basis and I'll eat my hat.  Our ES is terrific, and the teachers still don't have the time or bandwidth to run a separate group, even on a weekly basis.  Don't hold your breath on this one, or believe the "your child regularly receives enriched instruction" box on the report card.  Just concentrate on cultivating learning in the way that is best for your child and your family.

High MAP scores and A grades in reading and writing are needed in grade 3 to be entered in the lottery for CES seats that start in grade 4.  But those seats are vanishingly rare.  Every year maybe 2-4 kids from our (quite large) ES are pulled and choose to go (for us it means changing schools: there are some schools that have a local CES, for which rules might be a little different).  As others have said, CES sites do not have entry standards for math, only literacy.  The usual compacted math classes are available at CES sites, though, so a CES kid can at a minimum expect to follow the ELC curriculum and have access to Math 4/5 and Math 5/6 if they need that, too.  Some CES centers go beyond the ELC or apply it differently from what I've read here.

CES selection processes used to use additional inputs before covid.  Whether those may return in the future is not clear to me.  My DC of the right age earned a B in reading one quarter and so is out of the running anyway; my older DC qualified but never won a spot.
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