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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 8 year old is doing very well at our neighborhood school, but I wonder if I am doing a disservice to him by not moving to MCPS.  Things are great now, but middle school is questionable (Deal is not our feed).  He is quite advanced at math.  I wish I could say how advanced but he is so much better at it than me, it is difficult for me to test!  I think it is possible he'd qualify for a magnet or even G & T middle school.  Is there any way I could test this-- like a website that can reliably and confidently test a child's aptitude and establish their actual grade level of math?  He loves geometry and can do all sort of math problems in his head and likes to do sudoku.  And he makes up games involving math on his own.  HE is only on grade level for reading and writing, so maybe that would disqualify him for G & T?

Anyway, hAs anyone made this move?  Do you regret it?  [/quote]

Tough to say if he would qualify for elementary.  My daughter is going into the HGC magnet this fall and I have a friend whose daughter is in it now, and there seems to be a LOT of emphasis on reading and writing.  From what I understand most kids are 1-2+ grade levels ahead in math and most are reading many years ahead.  Not sure if a kid who is super advanced in math but average in reading would get in.  I think later on (MS and HS) they tend to have more STEM focused magnets which might be a better fit.  As someone else posted there's also way more qualified kids who apply than get in, so it's a bit of a crap shoot.  On the other hand, even if he doesn't get in, if you pick the base school correctly you'd still be getting a top-notch education.[/quote]

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