Anonymous wrote:Apparently, they had twice the number of students to test this year because they didn't administer OLSAT last year during remote learning.

By 5th grade ~90+% of kids are already identified. They could have run the middle school TAG lottery way earlier so that people who had to decide about private school could make a decision.

They didn't do the OLSAT this year for the 2nd graders, they did the CoGAT and many kids (including my own) didn't make the cut off because it really isn't a test of giftedness. I took my son for private testing and his score went from the 50% percentile to the 89% percentile. If fewer kids made the initial cut, then there should have been fewer teacher evaluations etc. to process.

And I know that they didn't test 3rd graders at all. I think maybe 1st, 2nd and 4th?


I understand it is a ton of work but letting folks know in May is super late.

Apparently, they had twice the number of students to test this year because they didn't administer OLSAT last year during remote learning.

It’s gotten later every year

PGCPS just release the TAG lottery results.
I get that some testing was delayed but this is ridiculously late.