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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Md is moving in the direction of the FCPS model and they will be sorry[/quote]
Why?[/quote]
DP.. a program designed for the top 2 to 3% is going to look different than a program designed for the top 20%.  The caliber of work won't be the same.[/quote]
How does the current CES program in 4th and 5th meet that description? While the way they select has changed this year, the number of overall students in the program is basically the same (with the minor change of having local programs at a few schools). What am I missing?[/quote]
PP here.. I was addressing that other PP's comment about how MCPS is moving toward the AAP model in FFX, which takes 20% of students. However, I don't think MCPS's CES is really taking the top 2 to 3% anymore because of the name change and also because of the testing change.

Having additional schools in CES increases the number of students in the program, hence it's no longer top 2 to 3%. And this was a pilot, so they are going to open several more, thereby increasing the student population in CES even more.

The term "gifted" generally means the top 2 to 3% of an area.  If this is an MCPS wide program, then the "area" would be the entire MCPS 3rd graders, and not just those in your school.  I think it's great that they are opening more CES at local schools, but then it's no longer a gifted program, hence the name change.  [/quote]
In terms of the current year, my understanding is that the only difference between CES and the old HGC is that when they make the selections, they are focusing more on whether the student has a cohort at their local ES. In other words, Student A at a poorer performing ES may get in with lower test scores than Student B if Student B is an ES where there is already a strong cohort. In that sense, they are weakening the quality of students at the CES by some amount. However, the number of CES spots is the same.

Yes, if the local school pilot were to become widely adopted, that would be a big change. However, at the moment, it's statistically insignificant so the CES program is close to the same as what it was before, as far as I can tell.[/quote]

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