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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS has about 20% of its kids in GT programs..but the program is not supposed to be so great/different.  If you want a truely advanced program you have to just look to the top 3%..which is about what the really gifted population is.[/quote]

Heard the 3% number a few times.  Here are some questions. 
Is top 3% in Kentucky the same as top 3% in New York? 
Is top 3% in New York the same as top 3% in Manhattan? 
Is top 3% in Montgomery county the same as top 3% in Finland, Japan, Hong Kong, or what ever? 
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Why does that matter?  Schools are local.

It is the top 3% of the local population (whatever that is).   By definition, someone in the 99th percentile has needs vastly different from those of someone in the 50th percentile.[/quote]

No that's silly.  The percentage of people with "gifted" level of IQ's is just higher in some areas than others.  (Highest in Cambridge, MA, i believe, for this country.)  So are you saying that only 3% of the kids in Cambridge should be allowed to have "gifted" curricula?  Because it has to be the same percentage as it is everywhere else?  That makes no sense.   If you use the same cutoff, you will have some areas with a much higher percentage of kids who make the cutoff than others.  
Saying you have to be in the 99th percentile of MoCo kids makes no sense.  It's a skewed sample.[/quote]

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