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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn't mean anything and has nothing to do with getting a slot. It's a mandatory state label and outside of that does nothing. There is no benefit.

[quote=Anonymous]Can anyone explain what the GT designation in 2nd grade actually means/does? Does it qualify your child for potential magnet spots in 4th/5th and beyond or other programs?

In other words, what is the benefit of receiving this designation in 2nd? [/quote][/quote]
If GT is meaningless, why are the board members so upset more ESL students weren’t identified? [/quote]

I think the idea is that the main benefit of GT identification is flagging gifted kids who have been overlooked by teachers who haven't already identified them as gifted/smart/high-potential.  So if the methods don't actually find the gifted ESL/poor/URM kids, then there's a big problem, both with the testing bias in the first place (since it's not like white and Asian kids are inherently smarter than Black and Hispanic kids) but especially since it's those very kids who need and benefit from the designation the most.

(Not at all surprised that they have been under-identified in the past few years with a GT process based on MAP scores and class tests-- ie measures of what kids have been exposed to and learned on school-- which is obviously going to miss exactly those kinds of kids and defeats the purpose of trying to find gifted kids who don't stand out to their teachers as smart and in need of enrichment.  Will be interesting to see if COGAT is better.)[/quote]

I am curious how kid gets more exposure on MAP- R test to get higher MAP-R scores( be eligible for CES lottery)? I thought kids that read a lot tend to have a higher MAP-R score, am I right? [/quote]

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