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[quote=Anonymous] When you talk to the kids they say it was a very simple test (including non quantitative portions)-- largely single and double digit arithmetic manipulations. This approach is very similar to the low bar for differentiation (if any) in the current MCPS elementary school classrooms. Sounds like pitching home run soft balls to pending fourth grade students? Some national talent searches use Explore, Act and/or SAT (advanced tests) to truly differentiate and spread out these scores. MCPS should learn from the Talent searches' 3 decades of testing research about valid tests for this group of students. The type of MCPS test gives the HGC leadership flexibility and cover for social engineering (e.g., relying on the nebulous combination of scores from a truly non challenging test, parent recommendation, teacher recommendation, school recommendation and "variably assigned" proportion of ES to P on 3rd grade report cards). [/quote]
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