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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest started Kindergarten in MCPS in 2004. There has always been more demand for these gifted/enriched magnets than spots.

If I had a magic wand:

1. Offer magnet math, magnet social studies, and magnet English at all middle schools. If there are is no cohort, kids can go to another school. Our MS curriculum is terrible. The majority of families would be happy in home MSs with a more rigorous curriculum.

2. Expand the number of seats in middle school magnet programs by adding more locations, like they have expanded the test-in HS magnet programs. With these expanded seats they can let in all the outliers (98%+ on cogat or map or whatever) and then do a lottery for everyone that is between 98% and 85% to fill the remainder of the spots. We have a ton of highly able students in this county. Let's make the pie bigger.
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You are actually drawing lines between kids who scored 98 and 99 percent?

THIS EXAM IS ONE MOMENT FROM ONE DAY OF THEIR LIVES. 
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You pick the number then. I don't personally care what the criteria are. Find a way to identify kids who are academic outliers and then let in a bunch of other kids who would benefit from the program via lottery.[/quote]
And there's the rub. Kids excel in different ways, and that will be reflected in the measuring stick you choose. [/quote]
It would be a good point except, the program is supposed to be for kids that excel in specific ways. [/quote]
So it's only for kids who score well on cogat? Or get all A's on homework? Or all As on assessments? Which specific ways are important?[/quote]

It’s kids who test well and are overall consistently high achievers. It’s just like sports, you know who the good players are, even if they play one bad game. They consistently play well in all aspects of the game. If your kid makes one home run but can’t catch a ball, it doesn’t mean they can be in the team. Show me the kid who consistently plays well.
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So an otherwise bright kid - hard worker, all As - but who bombs the cogat isn't worthy?[/quote]
Or the student that gets the 99% CoGat but sometimes struggles in class from boredom?[/quote]

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