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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How would it only be a few schools that don't have a whole class of qualified kids?  The current program is design for the top 5ish percent.  Takes a couple of kids per school.  An expansion to include a whole class at most schools is a completely different program[/quote]

Everyone on here constantly complains that their gifted child isn't getting what they need and very few make it to HGC.   There is even a statistic thrown around that 40% of MCPS is considered gifted.  So maybe they are trying to open HGC up to more qualified students.[/quote]

There is a very discernable difference between gifted and highly gifted.  All too often parents hear [i]gifted[/i] and think [b]HGC[/b].  Increasing the number of gifted students in the HGC would dilute the cohort.  [/quote]

Yes. The bar for "gifted" label in MoCo is very low. A child only has to score above 80% on 2 or 3 (can't remember which) of the 5-section Inview test taken in 2nd grade.  Obviously a child who barely meets that threshold does not have the same needs as a child who scores in the high 90s on all five sections, then goes on to get similarly high scores on the more challenging HGC entry test. More diversity would be great, but diluting the rigor of the HGC, designed for that second group of children, would not.

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