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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t put too much emphasis on tests that are influenced by prep. The population of both areas is similar. The main difference is AAP is top 15% wheat as MCPS GT is top 3%. [/quote]

In MCPS, it's not that there are fewer gifted kids or that only the best of the best are in the gifted program.  It's that most gifted kids are in gen ed because they didn't get into the too-small small program.[/quote]

The MCPS program used to just be focused on outlier kids that could not be accommodated at the home school...no intention of included every "gifted' kids (whatever that its).  Now they are expanding the program so some of the home school programs have 30% of all kids.  It will be more like FCPS within the decade.[/quote]
And with the change, the "peer cohort" in the MCPS magnet programs have also changed.  It's no longer the top 2 to 3%.  Even some of the magnet teachers have stated that they have noticed that more of the kids in the program need more support now because of a wider range of abilities.

At least with AAP, the top 2 to 3% get in. None of the peer cohort nonsense.[/quote]

That's total nonsense. The peer cohort criteria simply factor for differences between schools to better identify actual outliers. This is realtively minor compared to the chanes brought about by increasing the applicant pool tenfold with universal screening.[/quote]

True the old system failed to capture the top 2$-3% because only a small fraction of eligible students even applied. The cohort changes also better identify outliers than was possible with the old system which mainly identified the well prepped.[/quote]

I think the bigger change are the school based programs.  They have to fill a whole class or two whole classes in larger schools.  That is a completely different process.  I think kids from those schools should still be able to apply to regional centers.[/quote]

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