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[quote=Anonymous]Our experience was that dc tested as "above grade level" in K-2nd grade.  Then suddenly in third grade we realized (thanks to dc's MAP-R score) that dc was a very advanced reader.  The reading specialist in K-2 grades stopped testing reading level once dc hit the above grade level benchmark.  The MAP-R score is an "out of level" test so the computer keeps giving them harder and harder questions until they start to struggle.
So in K-2, dc was one of several students in our high performing school who was reading above grade level.  Dc was always in the highest reading group but did not have a true peer group until dc started attending a HGC.  In our old school, the best readers were spread out instead of being grouped together.  I did speak to the principal several times about this and each time was assured that dc would be guaranteed at least one (!) child at dc's level.  this was the main reason we left our home school to go to a HGC.   MCPS is doing these kids a great disservice by spreading them out and not allowing them the benefit of a large peer group.  
I am already very worried about sending dc to our home middle school (the magnets are just not a practical option for our family).
MCPS loves test results but I am not convinced they put those results to good use - at least not for the advanced learners.[/quote]

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