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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In MCPS, 50% of all 5th graders scored 90% on COGAT. I think this area has a concentration of bright, well-educated parents that you don’t see all over the US. But not more than say NYC, Chicago, SF, or other major US cities with gov’t, finance, or tech-based economies.

My cousin’s kids are much more advanced than their peers in Detroit, but far behind my kids here. And my kids aren’t even magnet. [/quote]

That does not sound accurate. MC is a very large and diverse place.

Or are you talking about one school?

Do you have a link or is this just hearsay?[/quote]

I teach for MCPS. This what I was told in a training on Thursday. It’s why there will be new sixth grade courses in SS and math offered in neighborhood schools this year. There is a huge pop of kids who would benefit from enriched courses, but most have a cohort of 15-20 peers at their home school. Only the true outliers, the kids with no peer or only 1-2 need to be in a magnet middle. [/quote]

What about average to above average kids in a high poverty school with few academic peers? Any advice on that front in MC, APS, ACPS? [/quote]

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