Our school only had one child accepted into AAP

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Anonymous wrote:Does it seem like center schools have a lot more of their second graders going into AAP than regular old schools?

Yes. Louise Archer past few years has about 30%-35% of second graders go on to AAP for third. I don’t know if more people refer at center schools, more people prep or what?

It’s not like kids at center schools are 40% more likely to be gifted than kids at schools where only one or two kids get in! It makes no sense logically. I had no idea there was such a huge imbalance in numbers of admitted second graders.

We chose to live in a center school district because our kid seemed bright. I didn’t want our kids going to different schools if one got in and the other did not.

I think the center schools attract people interested in AAP (more likely to parent-refer and to appeal). And then the stakes seem higher when you are already at a center school. If your child doesn't get into Level IV they can't be "principle placed" in the center, which they could do at a school with local level IV.

Kids can be principal placed in centers...

We are at a center and was told principal does NOT place Level III kids in Level IV classes.