The Potomac River Effect: Gt Identification & Terranova Data

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MCPS GT identification data for Spring 2006 and TerraNova data for Spring 2006

More at: http://www.examiner.com/x-29782-DC-Gifted-Education-Examiner Sp. 2006 GT ID %

Note: Data excerpted from the MCPS Grade 2 Global Screening in Spring 2006 report. MCPS data does not include all elementary schools. Schools with 0% identification in this graph had an “n/a” in the MCPS data tables. TerraNova data excerpted from the MCPS Performance of the Montgomery County Public Schools Grade 2 Students on the TerraNova CTBS Second Edition (TN/2) report. Flower Valley, Wayside, Chevy Chase, etc., are not listed in the GT report.

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“The Potomac River Effect”

Sp. 2006 Composite TN % ABOVE 50th NCE

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Blue boxed data: Two schools with common boundary and, similar demographics, with disparate GT ID rates (one about half the other).

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MCPS Elementary School (NOTE: Not all schools were listed in the MCPS report)

"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. " Montgomery County Gazette, October 26, 2005