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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS [b]could start giving IQ tests in early elementary schools, [/b]especially schools with high poverty. Kids with high IQs would be pulled out for an intensive track that would prepare them to be competitive for MS and HS magnets. It also would be putting those resources for kids that have the potential.

No ones talks about IQ but it is part of the equation along with hard work and family dedication to academics. IQ doesn't track along SES or racial lines.  IQ has a genetic component so kids with parents with high IQs are more likely to have kids with high IQs. Parents with high IQs are less likely to be high school drop outs or working manual jobs. There would end up being correlation (not causation) with fewer kids in high poverty areas being gifted with a high IQ. However by pulling out the high poverty kids who do have a high IQ and giving them extra academic support you are preventing them from failing to succeed due to family or institutionalized racism or poverty factors which is a big win. 
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So [b]one IQ t[/b]est taken in early elementary would determine a child's future track in school?  I don't agree with that at all.[/quote]
Umm, they do! In 2nd grade! InView is taken by every single student; Granted, MCPS does absolutely nothing with that information, but InView is a cognitive abilities test that, at least in theory, allows to distinguish 'gifted' learners from not-so-'gifted'.
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