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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Then why don't they give the median with range and quartiles for all the HGCs?  Is this highly, highly, classified information?[/quote]

I would like to understand what purpose would be served for MCPS to favor one child over another?  I can understand to an extent that they would like to make it diverse so that race and SES could play a role (I have nothing to back this up - its a guess).  However, admitting a child who cannot succeed in the program would be detrimental for the center, HGC and the child.

You do understand that you can ask to see your child's answer sheet (or Scantron) for the test? And in our litigation happy society, the teacher's recommendations will have to be backed up to an extent by a pattern of success.    So, I am guessing (and I could be wrong), the school while making a recommendation could also be looking at the whole profile of the student.  They could look at Raven, InView etc. as well to say that this child  scored in the 97 percentile in these tests in 2nd grade, has a great 2nd grade report card, did well in the HGC admissions test, etc.

I know of one set of parents who asked to open the file of their child and went through what the teacher has written for the recommendation. The recommendation was lukewarm at best, but the teacher was able to back it up with all the test results of the child vs. how the top performers were doing in the student's grade.

The median with the range and quartiles for all HGC is not given because 1)from year to year, and HGC to HGC, these numbers are moving targets,  2) The application and input from teachers are also weighed and 3) some of these criteria are subjective and not easily quantifiable.

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