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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'd bet this is because they're tired of being bombarded by pushy parents who will stop at nothing to get their child into this program. Do you really think we now have double the number of gifted children over the past 10-15 years? Maybe so, but I doubt it. [/quote]

It used to be more of a program for highly gifted (like in MoCo). FCPS has chosen to expand the program to moderately gifted cutoff numbers. So they made a conscious choice to expand the program. No matter what they do, there will be pushy parents here, it's a function of this area. I don't know why they chose to change the nature of the program.

They also made a point to seek out students from more diverse backgrounds. They added the NNAT to help with that, since it is language neutral, unlike the CoGAT.[/quote]

Excellent point.  Our coordinator told us that the Naglerie is to compensate ESL students and make a more diverse pool since its read to them a teacher (each question several times) because they have trouble reading and understanding English.[/quote]

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