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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The designation isn't entirely meaningless. 
MD law (https://www.marylandpublicschools.org/programs/Documents/Gifted-Talented/COMAR_13A0407_GT_Education.pdf) requires MCPS to identify GT students, make GT programs available to them and train staff to provide GT education.

The more who are identified, the more needs to be provided, but economies of scale usually make this feasible.  The specifics of that which is to be provided are nonexistent, though.  MCPS can use Benchmark Advance enrichments or ELC, Eureka enrichments or acceleration, and MCPS can say that some need is met theough one and some through the other, meaning that they can decouple Math 4/5 placement criteria from GT identification.  The GT designation [b]should[b] ensure that a student is provided one or the other, however, and the notice to parents/guardians should allow them to follow up with the teacher/school administration to ensure that that happens.  Lord knows that MCPS central staff (AEI) don't have the manpower to provide the oversight of all the schools, and whatever they're calling OSSI nowadays (area superintendents/directors who oversee the schools directly) doesn't seem to make adherence to this aspect of COMAR a priority.[/quote]

Thank you, this is helpful. Given how opaque the admissions process is now for the 4th/5th grade CES programs, can someone who knows DEFINITIVELY say that they are sure that lack of GT designation for a rising 3rd grader will not impact his chances of CES admission this time next year? Kid is off the charts on MAP, apparently bombed EOLs.... truly not sure how a kid in 240s for map m in 2nd grade gets a 1 on EOL... I'm concerned. In the shorter term, he loves his math enrichment and will be so sad without it.

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