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[quote=Anonymous]It's not as if test scores are independent of SES.  I don't know much about the CogAT but the MAP scores are obviously dependent on what the child has been taught (whether in school or outside of it).  Parents who have taught their 2nd graders multiplication and division will have kids who score higher on MAP.  I happen to have a kid who always wanted to "play school" and asks us to give her math problems.  So we taught her multiplication and division.  We've taught her addition and subtraction of fractions/common denominators which apparently MCPS hasn't gotten around to yet.  We taught her how to find the area of a triangle, which I have to admit, I didn't exactly remember how to do at first for non-right triangles.  If we either didn't have the time or knowledge or inclination to do so, her MAP score would be lower.  So I don't see how the scores are the end-all and be-all of who is most qualified.  I can understand why the system might rely on scores because it's easy to explain and appears objective, but I don't see how one can say it identifies the kids who are intrinsically most qualified.

If it is possible to identify a 3rd grader who has never been exposed to long division or fractions, but who would learn it in 40 minutes if instructed on it, that kid is just as qualified for select/gifted instruction as a kid who has been taught long division and fractions outside of school and can demonstrate that knowledge on the MAP-M.  How to identify that kid is the issue, and it's a difficult one that MCPS is struggling with.[/quote]

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