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Schools with 50% or less identified as GT
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10 63.9 63.3 63 60.8 60.5 60 58.2 58.2 57.9 57.8 57.7 57.7 57.1 55.6 55.4 54.9 54.3 54 53.3 53 53 52.5 52.1 51.5 50.6 50 49.1 48.1 47.8 46.7 46.6 46.5 46.3 46.1 45.9 45 44 43.7 43.2 43.2 42.9 42.9 42.7 42.1 41.9 41.9 41.7 41.3 41.2 41.1 40 38.6 37.9 37.8 37.5 37.1 37 36.5 36.5 35.4 34.8 34 33.7 33.3 33.3 32.7 32.4 32.4 32.2 31.9 31.8 31.8 31.5 31.5 31.3 31.1 31 30.5 30.2 30.1 30.1 29.7 29.5 29.2 28.3 28.3 27.7 26.9 26.8 26.6 26.4 26.1 26 25.9 25.7 24.7 24.1 24.1 23.9 23.8 22.2 22.1 21.4 20.8 20.5 20.5 19.2 17.9 17.8 17.4 17.3 16.7 16.7
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% of MCPS Students Identified as gifted and talented (GT) in 2006-2007 "The Potomac River Effect" Note: Data excerpted from the MCPS Grade 2 Global Screening in Spring 2007 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. Original data file available at http://mcps.k12.md.us/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2007/Grade2GlobalScreening2007Br ieffinal11607.pdf
"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
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% Students Identified as GT in 2006-2007