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Please be careful about the scores posters throw around on here.

The 3rd grade 265 MAP-M score a PP just wrote about never happened. Judging by the MCPS Central Office discussions about high MAP scores, and an examination of the top scores received in each school, which are not made public but that I have seen in recent years, that number is made-up.

OP, your kid's math score is commendably high, the verbal is less special. Your kid will get into compacted math (CES or not) and still be bored. The great lesson of life for such children is that boredom should not equal unhappiness. My kids were certainly not challenged in school, but that didn't mean they were unhappy. Creativity and curiosity emerge from boredom.

My oldest is thriving in college. In K-12, they chose interesting intellectual and sporty activities for themselves outside of school, and read like crazy during school hours.

No skipping ahead. No private. You want to save your ammunition for tutoring and test prep (even gifted kids sometimes need a little boost), as well as college savings. An academically easy child like this is made for a good public school, where they can sweep all the APs without turning a hair, and make a soft landing at a great college. Money for tuition, on the other hand, might be harder to come by, even with the demographic cliff predicted for your kid's age group. My son goes to an 85K a year private university. In-state is 30-40K a year nowadays. Total cost of attendance (tuition, room and board, fees, etc). Tuition has always risen faster than inflation on average.[/quote]

Not the previous poster but I work with MAP scores and it is indeed possible to get a 265 in MAP math in third grade and higher.

At my kids school, students compare their MAP scores and there are a couple that have higher than 265 and at our school the OP's kid's scores isn't that great.  I forget what the cut off to get into the GT program is, like 250?

Which brings me to the next point.  If OP's child really isn't academically being challenged they can look into the GT program or similar programs, I don't think they mentioned what grade their child is in.

But keep in mind there are other factors that they evaluate in addition to test scores, such as the maturity level of kids.[/quote]

There is no school with a GT cut off  requiring third grade fall map-m of 250.  Nonsense.  [/quote]

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