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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was curious about this, so thanks for posting.    I think AA and Latino are under-represented at our HGC and Asian/Indian are over-represented.    I was surprised to find out that there was[b] test prep going on to the tune of $600 or more[/b], so this may be influencing the demographic.[/quote]

Personally, I think if a kid needs to have $600+ tutor to get into HGC, then kid doesn't belong there.  Not saying all kids that have tutors are like this, but if a kid on his own can't get in, then it's questionable whether the kid belongs there.[/quote]

Asian mom with HGC kids...  Didn't even occur to me to do test prep, but I'm learning from DCUM that people hire tutors and test prep for everything in MoCo.  I personally don't think you're doing your kids any favors test-cramming them to get into a program they couldn't otherwise get into.

In any event, my understanding is that teacher recommendations play a not-insignificant role.  Good ones will identify good candidates for the program.  Also, I thought they do try to balance genders in the program, but maybe I am remembering wrong.  I have had one of each get in.  My guess is that they do not adjust for race.  The program my kids are in is very heavy on East and South Asians, and has almost no AA or Latino representation, which reflects the community.  Better diversity would be great, but I don't know what would be a good way to achieve that given the heavy reliance on test scores.  Testing is voluntary, so more outreach perhaps?  They already send letters to every 3rd grade parent in multiple languages, and host open houses, but perhaps some parents still don't know what it's about.  Other than perhaps widening the search pool, I agree that if a kid needs extra help (like test prep or special considerations), they won't be served well by being in the program.  There's GT in the home schools and it's just two years anyway...[/quote]

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