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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Different poster here, though I posted in another thread on this topic. I also have a kid with above grade level reading, 97% MAP score, and straight As. Apparently that didn't meet criteria for central review. Oh, and he has a 504 so theoretically the locally normed 85th percentile thing doesn't even apply to him anyway.

I asked the guidance counselor. She said she didn't know anything about it and referred me to the school reading specialist.

School reading specialist just reiterated that he didn't meet central criteria but cited the criteria for GT classification. When he was screened in 2nd grade for GT classification, he did poorly on the DIBELS. I thought criteria for ELC/CES are based on third grade performance, which he should have been included in the lottery pool.

I concluded that nobody at MCPS really knows what they're doing. In light of that information, I decided that I wasn't going to bother with ELC/CES classification or whatever. He has intelligent parents who like to read, do I really need MCPS to arbitrarily assign a classification to encourage habits that I can encourage at home anyway?  [/quote]

You’re asking the wrong people who are just guessing. You need to contact the correct central office who will tell you exactly why he didn’t qualify.[/quote]

And central office needs to specify the criteria met/not met during central review (3 columns in notification letter -- criterion category/target for pool inclusion/student data), specitlfy the reasons for accepting/rejecting appeals (point for point with the appeal), and make the specifics of the criteria (e.g., local norms by tranche, ES list by FARMS-rate tranche, specific adjustments for any special populations) & associated justification/reasoning widely available prior to the beginning of any period during which the criteria-related data would be collected.  Then we wouldn't have these questions.[/quote]

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