MCPS MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS swrwamontgomeryschoolsmd.org MARYLAND February 12, 2009 | am responding to your information request that was reveived in our office on January 14, 2009, secking Gifted and Talented screening data that was included in the 2004-2005 Global Screening report. [am responding on behalf of the superintendent of schools who, 1s official custodian of records for the school system, is responsible for replies under the Maryland Public information Act, Maryland State Government Article §§10-611, et sea ‘Attached are data tables reflecting analyses ofthe Grade 2 Global Screening additional to those appearing in the in 2007-2008 Global Screening Report. The same analyses reported in the 2004-2005 Global Screening Report were not conducted in the intervening years, and, therefore, additional data for these years are not available. An snalysis was conducted in 2008, and these data are attached. We do not have a data report by school, as you have requested. Thank you for your inquiry. Please let me know if lean be of further assistance. Sincerely, 7 Stephen R, Simon Director of Public Information SRSits ‘Attachment Copy to: Dr. Lacey Mr. Cree! Ms. Williams "50 Hongeiord Drive, Room 112+ Rockville, Maryland 20850 » 307-279-3059TT Attachment Grade 2 Global Screening Process for Identification of Gifted and Talented Students in Spring 2008 Table 1 Number of Students Tested, Number Meeting Benchmark, and Percent Meeting Benchmark by Race or Ethnicity on Raven's Progressive Matrices, InView Analogy, and InView Quantitative Reasoning Tests Sean Raven Raalony Reasoning ‘umber ] Namber ; ‘Number | Feveent | Number | Nember | Perent Met | Met_| Tested |" Met | Met wl Swdens | 9500| 2984| 209| 9598| 2582| 30.1| oses| 2700| 282 ‘Arian T | American | 2.143] 205] 138/242] 12) 146 | 242 146 1s05| _750| aa5| 1501| oo | 425| 1e61| 675 | a2 zors| _st7|_ 153. sr7|_12| 206r| 274] 109 ‘Ameren India| _20 7] 350| 20 7| s6o| 20| _s| 250 White ares] 1586| a18| 9,706| 1,522 40.1| _705| 1433| 78 Yable2 [Number of Parent Surveys Sent, Number Returned, Percent Returned, Number Met ‘Benchmark, and Percent Met Benchmark by Race or Ethnicity ‘Studeat Group [Number J Number Pereeat Namber Met Seat Returned Returned ‘Benchmark ‘Met Benehiark “asada aa 56a = 238| ‘tiem Americas | —2,185 [1.090 478 06 Aas American | 1.568 “1061 err 203 [space 2083 [4.077 BLT i73—| ‘merian Tadian [20 7 350 788 ‘white 3006 | as as | ‘Table 3 [Number of Students Screened, and the Number and Percent Recommended by Staff Advocacy" by Race or Fihicity = ee — = = a 380 7a 188 | ty ahoon for Gade? ‘sult Advossy provides profesional sa tor hn te cstoom acer an ppt 1 adboat f TSGECY Sortie ince te Eng Speaker of Oter Languages (ESOL) swe, special eeaion Secimui an ysl ucsonMCPS) MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ww mantgomenyschoolimd.org MARYLAND, March 13, 2009 [Lam responding tothe February 17, 2009, follow-up correspondence you sent 10 ry office, after I had responded to your public information request seeking the same analyses of the global screening data as was conducted in the 2005 report for the intervening years, 2006-2008. I am responding once again on behalf of the superintendent of schools who, as official custodian of records for the school system, is responsible for replies under the Maryland Public Information Act, Maryland State Government Article $§10-611, et sea, As stated previously in letter to you dated February 12, 2009, the same global sereening analyses were not conducted for the intervening, years. The global screening reports for the years spanning 2005-2008 are available online at hup/sharedaccountability,mepsprimetime.org/reportsist ph. ‘You have requested by school, 14 data points for approximately 30,000 students wit specifics that include Race, Staff Survey Score, Parent Survey Score. Inview Analogy Seore, InView Reading Score, Raven Score, Teacher Survey Score, GF Other Factor Score, Reading/Math Score, and Performance Level.” Please note that your request for InView Reading Score and Reading/Math Score, and Performance level do not match any of the global screening indicators, There are indicators for InView Quantitative Reasoning and Reading Performance Level and Math Performance Level. The other thee InView subtests were not administered since 2005. Your request will take significant sta? resources to fulfil. Maryland law, Article 410-621 allows a government unit to recover actual costs incurred to search and. prepare records for inspection for any time beyond the first two hours. To process {his request will take an extensive amount of staff time and resources, far beyond the two hours you are entitled to receive without charge under the Maryland Public Information Act. Is estimated that it will take 24 hours at $52.25 an hour to prepare the data. Additionally itis estimated that this request could produce 1,000 peaes of documents ata cost of 15 cents per page fr total of $1,404.00. If the full amount of estimated time is not required to process the request, any 10 Hungerod Drive Room 112 ¢ Roki, Marland 20850 6 301-279-1853Aifference would be refunded to you. Conversely ifthe project takes longer than 24 hours, we would stop working and notify you. You could choose to take what hhad been produced to that date of remit additional funds to cover additional time Tocating and preparing the documents request If you wish us to proceed with your request, please submit a check made payable to Montgomery County Public Schools for $1,404.00. Sincerely, Stephen R. Simon Director of Public Information SRSits Copy to: Dr Lacey Mr. Cree! Ms. Chesney Ms. Williams