Our schools require MAP test scores above --% as part of the criteria for screening, and then ITBS scores above --% as part of the criteria for selection.

Having higher scores does not appear to help at all at any point in the process. All of the children still need to take and meet the minimum criteria for all of the testing (and there is quite the list of tests in this process, including CogAT and a Wechsler-variety IQ test).

Our schools differentiate in reading starting in 1st grade, and in math, starting in -- grade. How this is done is rather cloak and dagger - you usually will NOT find out from the teachers which group your child is in, but from other parents who know which teacher teaches which group of students.

Afterschooling is also pretty common here.



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