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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]anyone can get tested for the centers, all you had to do was apply.  You don't even have had to be selected as gifted in 2nd grade to apply to the HGC Centers.[/quote]

Yes. Second graders who did well in Global Screening are recommended to apply.  Those who don't get recommended get assigned to above the grade classes in reading and math.  [/quote]

No.  Even if you didn't do well in the global screening, you could apply to the HGC and take the test that was offered in January.  You may or may not be reccomended by your home school to apply (they don't have to reccomend anyone, it's up to the student's families to take the step of completing the application, then the homeschool has steps to complete, then the test... the the decision.[/quote]

Sure, when one says, "anyone can get tested for the centers, all you had to do was apply," it means ANYONE can--even if you didn't get recommended.  Those who don't get recommended "get assigned to above the grade classes in reading and math."  Again, yes, they can apply for the HGCs w/o being recommended.  They still need the teacher recommendations and stuff.  How many fail to be recommended and then succeed in getting in by taking the test?  [/quote]

Here is what MCPS says it is identifying (http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/2008/09/gifted-and-talented-abounds-suburban-schools/31062): 
"Marty Creel, Montgomery’s director of gifted and talented programming, argues that every child has access to the same advanced curriculum developed over the past eight years, which are measured against rigorous college-ready standards and adaptable for advanced learners.

Of about 9,400 second-graders screened by Creel’s staff in 2006-07, 39 percent were identified as advanced, and 16 percent were noted as on the cusp, leaving fewer than half of the county’s second-graders deemed average or below.

“We’re not identifying these kids as geniuses, but as ready to work above grade level,” Creel said, adding the county has made remarkable progress in getting students to that mark."

According to the Maryland State Department of Education, the definition of GT is in Maryland law (http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/FCB60C1D-6CC2-4270-BDAA-153D67247324/17790/GT_Education_Sept_092.pdf).  Here is what the STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS:

"In Maryland, a gifted and talented (GT) student is identified as “having outstanding talent and performing—or showing the potential for performing—at remarkably high levels … when compared with other students of a similar age, experience, or environment” (Maryland Annotated Code §8-201). The law recognizes different types of gifts and talents. Some gifted students have a highly developed general intellectual capacity to think and analyze. Some show acute subject specific ability. Others excel in creative or artistic areas. And still others exhibit a keen ability to lead, influence, and organize others.

These are the students that Maryland law stipulates need different services—beyond those normally provided in a regular school program—to develop their potential."

It couldn't be clearer, no matter what the MoCo GTA says, Maryland is very, very clear "These are the students that Maryland law stipulates need different services—beyond those normally provided in a regular school program—to develop their potential."
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