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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AEI annoyed me by sending me a letter that my child wasn't designated G&T.

My kid entered MCPS in 7th grade, and when you looked at the letter, he was designated as not G&T, because he had 99% MAP scores in Reading and Math, but no COGAT score ("data missing."

I asked how he was supposed to be designated G&T if they hadn't actually applied the test, and they "reviewed his case" and 6 months later, they designated him G&T (which means absolutely nothing in MCPS, as others have pointed out, but it's better than being not being designated G&T because  the school  couldn't be bothered to test him.)
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Ok that's wild considering it was apparently their standard operating procedure to determine GT without CogAT for years. I would be annoyed, too.

It's also just a shame how poorly it's all run. I grew up in Louisiana where public schools were often not great, to put it mildly. Most private schools weren't much better. GT made a big difference in not only supporting my education but also getting me excited about school.

I naively thought that MCPS GT would be even better given the average school was already far and above most of my childhood experiences. But instead I'm left wondering why it even really exists[/quote]

MCPS G-T doesn’t exist.  People on this board say MCPS has the designation because it is required by the state.  And selection for CES MS and HS magnets is entirely dependent on MAP scores, which is a test of exposure, rather than COGAT which is a test of giftedness.  COGAT isn’t used at all. [/quote]

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