Mcps Gt Standards September 2009

MCPS GT Standards Gifted and talented students are one group which has unique abilities and needs. Gifted and talented students are found in youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor (Maryland Annotated Code, §8-202). A gifted and talented student needs different services beyond those normally provided by the regular school program in order to develop the student’s potential (Annotated Code of Maryland §8-202).

Compiled from Publicly Available Data for year 2005 And Data Obtained via MPIA Request by the Author for year 2008

Kumar Singam September 2009

―The state Department of Education estimates that about 5 percent of Maryland students will be designated as gifted, a percentage that educators say is close to the national average. But in Montgomery County, of the second-graders screened in March, 33.8 percent — or 3,333 — students were identified as gifted, down from 44.5 percent last year.‖ –Sean Sedam, October 2005, Gazette ―In Montgomery County, a full 40% of students qualify (under the district's definition) for the gifted label. On some level, this starts to seem a bit absurd. Avoiding labels gets rid of the awkwardness of exactly who is gifted or not (is a kid who just needs a little bit of enrichment gifted? Maybe. Is someone who needs 3 full years of acceleration? Probably)‖.—Gifted Exchange, January 5, 2009

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