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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I knew my kid, who scored 99% on quantitative and 99% on nonverbal CogAT, would get high-level math instruction at his home middle school, I would be fine sending him there.  However, I've been reading that even the enriched class instruction level varies by school, and that our home school is particularly low, and is pretty much the same as previous "regular" math classes there, with the "regular" math classes being that much lower now.  Last year's class couldn't actually make up a real "cohort" of advanced students.  Either the central office lied and just put the "top" kids together, or so many moved away (I know of 2 who were at CES for 5th grade, got rejected form magnets, and moved) that they no longer had 20 qualified students.  Regardless, the teacher has been working to keep the lowest students at minimum levels, while the higher-level students are bored and worried about their chances at Blair SMAC in 2 years.  From what I've heard about the world studies class, they throw a few extra facts at them, but it's not significantly different, either.

One mom currently at that school, whose child is in the enriched math class, said she's planning on moving her family after this school year because she's compared what her child is learning to friends' kids at other 6th grade enriched math and it's not even close.  She wants to move to the Sligo MS area.

I feel really sorry for anyone moving to MoCo in the summer after the decisions have been made for spots, or changing schools between middle school grades, as their options are severely limited.[/quote]

Is that 99% MCPS average?  If so, are you appealing--clearly, your child is an outlier?  Seems like your kid doesn't have a large cohort and I am surprised your child wasn't at least waitlisted for TPMS.[/quote]

Yes, MCPS averages for quantitative and nonverbal.  (Verbal national was 97%, but MCPS verbal was only 83%, so I didn't list that.)  Yes, we are appealing.[/quote]

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