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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Crapshoot!

Sorry that your kids are  not being selected for academic merit but being rejected for other reasons.

All I can say is you can rock your HS years in a normal year with some good strategy and guidance from private college counselors.  Maybe the end result will be that you will be the top student in your school and get into an Ivy.

I am so sorry that your children will be missing their friends and will not have a cohort that they were friends with in MS.  This is the biggest point of concern here in a pandemic.

I am sending hugs to all the kids who have been rejected unnecessarily. MCPS sucks![/quote]

+100[/quote]

+1000. Kids do not suddenly become "not gifted".  There should be more spots in gifted and talented programs at all levels. Once you are in you stay in.[/quote]

Absolutely untrue, at least for the highly gifted. Highly gifted are the ones with true needs - 90th percentiles kids can be enriched in the regular classroom.

A study was done (can't find citation) on NYC gifted kindergarteners as defined by the test they take (WPPSI?). Then at the end of high school gifted was defined as acceptance at a highly selective college.

There was a 70% turnover between the two groups. The determinants of being highly gifted shift over time, and not all smart 5-year olds grow into motivated, focused, articulate kids.

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The big issue in NYC is they identify giftedness in preK. Hardly valid data and it’s typically because those parents prepped. My BIL is currently prepping their 3 1/2 year old for the evaluation. It’s ridiculous, but it’s a free program in an otherwise expensive area.[/quote]

Yes ID'ing in kindergarten is a problem. Yes test prep happens and widens the racial disparity. [/quote]

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