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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]To me, "above grade level in reading and math" means "above average, not "gifted."  This sounds very Lake Wobegon to me.  I think there's a difference between "above average" and "gifted."  When I was growing up, the definition of GT was very different.  But I didn't grow up here, so maybe that's why.[/quote]

[quote]So true.  It seems like the forum has a few people wanting to hang on to the belief of above grade in reading and math means gifted.[/quote]

I am a reader (as opposed the posters) of the said forum. I do not like the constant bickering. However, I see a more nuanced thought process. It is more complicated than few people wanting to hang on to a label. Let me explain why I think so.

MSDE requires local school system to identify students who require services beyond what the regular school system provides and to provide accelerated services to meet the need of these students. MCPS implements this identification as "GT" and has watered down the criteria for selecting students to the GT pool. MCPS also has the magnet school programs which it claims is geared to HG population (even though I know for sure the selection criteria is not just academic giftedness), yet acknowledges that the magnet schools do not have enough seats to accommodate all the HG students.

So, the local schools are still left with many HG and some significantly academically advanced students. Since there is no MCPS policy recognition to call this group anything else, most parents do not want the label taken away. Because, guess what, once the label is gone these parents have no policy support to ask for services.
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