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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, thanks to all- I had found the link but have watched only halfway through. So thank you for putting main points here. Interesting there's no math part in the assessment which was actually the real selection criteria fir the G&T kids.[/quote]

So are we sure there is no math in the testing?  I heard that applicants to both programs will be tested in the same way but I never heard it explicitly stated that math isn't part of that test.  They haven't given out sample problems, but again that doesn't preclude anything.  Either way Map scores and quarter one grades are considered, so not as if math ability is removed from consideration it's already part of the student's record.

The real purpose of the pilot is supposed to be to cast a wider net and remove barriers to consideration.  If part of that means making sure students who have trained extensively outside of school aren't given extra weight, so be it.  This doesn't mean those students don't already have an advantage in their classroom grades and Map scores, just that in school achievement will be the first consideration.

The second part of the pilot program is expanding the offerings at the home school if there's already a large peer group.  This sounds sensible, why bus students cross county if they can fill a magnet classroom in the home school?[/quote]

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