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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GT identification in 2nd grade means absolutely nothing as a practical matter. [/quote]

I have one GT child and one that isn't. Yes, you can accurately predict in 2nd grade. Even as early as age 4 on the WPPSI test which is taken for the elite privates in DC. I think only one child in our school that got waitlisted should have made it to the program and there was maybe one that should not have. MCPS doesn't have enough seats for all the GT students so the ones that get in are truly gifted. This carries on at Blair when they have the ability to take Functions.

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No one is saying that doing well on a test in 2nd grade has no predictive value as to test taking ability (or gifted-ness, if you want to call it that) in 3rd or 5th grade.  They are only saying that you can slay this test, and it won't mean anything for the CES program or MS magnets; you need to slay those tests, too.  If people feel better that their kid was labeled gifted in 2nd grade, I guess that's fine, but it won''t change much the education your kid gets in 3rd grade, based on our experience.   [/quote]

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