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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kids don't like to be in 99% group and want to be in that 1% group, have them work harder instead of demanding changing 1% to 10%. We all lose that way. [/quote]

Okay, you are illustrating so many of the problems of this way of thinking and operating.  If there really is only a top 1% with the brilliance and creativity to change the world who need special programs to nurture that talent further, then "working hard" isn't what gets you into that group.  People's kids shouldn't just be "working harder" to bump up their MAP scores to get into countywide programs and then claiming they are better than everyone else and expansion would water things down, while taking the spaces from actually brilliant and creative kids from poorer backgrounds who don't have the time, resources, strong feeder schools, and sophistication to juice their scores enough to beat out the richer "hard workers."

If you want a program for the top 1% you need to figure out how to actually select the best kids with the most natural talent and potential across the county regardless of background.  If you can't do then and those smarter poorer kids keep getting beaten out by bright hardworking richer kids, then you should cast a wider net.[/quote]

Is it really mostly MAP scores (and I guess essays, but those are often even more skewed by background and resources) that go into the selection of these students?  Do they not do intelligence testing, look at letters of recommendations, do interviews, etc?  If not, how are people so sure that the students at Blair, RMIB, etc, really are so much more intelligent than the kids who don't attend and that people think shouldn't attend?[/quote]

That’s kind of the point. You take 1 pct of the universe of kids and you pick them using either MAP-R or MAP-M.  It’s unjustifiable. Pick the 1 pct more thoughtfully or expand the universe of kids. I would prefer the latter given that I don’t trust McPS’s picker.[/quote]

It's not using just MAP. It's also using a record of past activities and achievements. [/quote]

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