NYC Gifted and Talented Program and Testing


Advanced Math for Your Child – Free Information Session Next Week
May 31, 2010, 11:04 pm
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Email me if you’d like to attend this free information session next Thursday, June 10 at 6:30pm in Battery Park City – near Westside Highway and Chambers Street. Or if you want my FREE G&T Newsletter email me as well at skipper646@gmail.com.

Here are a few math books for your child this summer to practice from Amazon.com:

Here’s information on the advance math information session next week: Continue reading



More Pre-K Students Qualify for G&T Programs This Year for NYC Gifted and Talented Program

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According to a recent NY Times article the number of pre-k students who got over 90% on the OLSAT test this year is much higher. According to the article:

” Of the 12,454 in New York City who took the test this winter, 3,542 (or 26 percent) scored at or above the national 90th percentile, up from 3,231 the year before, qualifying them for one of the 70 gifted kindergarten programs spread through the city’s school districts. But the most striking increase occurred in the number of children scoring at or above the national 97th percentile: 1,788, up from 1,345 last year. Those students qualify for one of the five citywide gifted programs, which have only about 300 seats in all, meaning the competition for them this year will be even fiercer.” Continue reading