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This is false. ANYONE could take the test, and it wasn't heavily reliant on teacher/parent rec. [/quote]
Only kids whose parents asked for their children to be tested were considered for the program in previous years but now schools identify candidates. Something like five times as many kids were tested than in prior years. This seems far more inclusive and does a better job finding the best candidates.

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I totally agree.[b] As long as MCPS provides adequate accelerated classes for the cohorts of kids who are left at their home schools, [/b]I think this is actually a really good move towards equity in access to magnet programs.

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And that is the $64,000 question.  Right now, they are only going to offer one or two of such classes, and I doubt the curriculum of those classes will be the exact same as in the magnet.[/quote]

Massive eye role

If you are in the wealthier part of the county you are already accelerated.  Even the kids in the "regular classes" are lightyears ahead of the average MCPS student.  
So instead of having a magnet with kids who already were going to be fine and do well in their base schools.  We have switched to a system that identifies smart kids from poorer (and yes more diverse) section of MCPS who could really benefit form having more advanced programming vs the slower normal programming at their base school.  
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 :roll:   This isn't about whether student A is ahead of student B. This is about equal access to accelerated curriculum for students who are equally, and in some cases, more than able than others, and simply missed out because they are surrounded by more of such students.[/quote]

you are in the wrong county then
this is about giving poorer and yes generally black/Hispanic minority students exposure to more advanced curriculum
the old model gave more spots to richer and generally white and Asian students who yes had higher test scores but come from [b]high functioning schools that are capable of providing advanced challenging curriculum locally[/b][/quote]

Whoa, hold your horses.  That's a big assumption and it is incorrect.

The second MCPS got rid of ability tracking at Pyle this went out the door fast. Kids got very bored. Car pools to MS magnets formed. Uptake to MS magnets increased as Pyle disappointed all the kids who had HGC in 4&5th grade.  [/quote]

so you're saying Pyle isn't one of the best middle schools in the county? [/quote]

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