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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"That's the problem!!!! "Wide range of advanced learners as GT?" So, GT is a heterogeneous group? Is anyone advocating for clarity? "

Read some of the other threads related to the forum.  This has gone round in circles with the main upshot being...
1) yes, MCPS identifies tons and tons of kids as GT - more so than could possibly be "gifted" in a usual sense of the word.  But that is their policy apparently.
2) A very very small % of those kids get to go to HGC/magnets.
3) The rest stay in their home schools.
4) It is critical home schools develope a way to appropriate challenge those kids remaining that work above grade level, particularly in schools with widely varying ability levels in classes.
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I don't get it.  If "MCPS identifies tons and tons of kids as GT - more so than could possibly be "gifted" in a usual sense of the word" isn't that a problem?  It looks like you are saying they include kids who can work above grade level.  Its like more than 50% in some schools right?  How can you make sense of that?[/quote]

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