New requirements for AAP eligibility this year - top .3% on Cogat?

[Anonymous]

Would the OP mind posting a citation for this quote, please? Thank you.

[Anonymous]

This is pretty much how they do it in Va Beach schools. There is one Gifted Elem and one Gifted Middle School for the entire school system. Both schools are far better than AAP schools in Fairfax County and they offer fine arts programs (dance and visual arts) to students (one day per week for students who qualify) in top of that. There is one test day (and one makeup day) and that is it. If your child doesn't qualify for the GT schools they may make it in the GT program at their home school but it is still like 5% of the class. None of the 30% rates we serving Fairfax and FYI the GT schools seem to be very racially and economically mixed, something I haven't seen much of in Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

FFX is racially mixed. About 55% white, 40% Asian. That is a mix

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Anonymous wrote:FFX is racially mixed. About 55% white, 40% Asian. That is a mix

"Asian" in quite "racially" mixed itself. It includes Eastern Russia, the Middle East, India, China, Viet Nam, Korea, Thailand........Quite the mix.

[Anonymous]

In the San Diego suburbs, about one third of the kids are in the gifted program, but it is essentially a pull-out program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would the OP mind posting a citation for this quote, please? Thank you.

Interested to know the source for the quote opening this thread.

[Anonymous]

The source was promotional email from Mercer Publishing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The source was promotional email from Mercer Publishing.

Are you serious? Then it is not credible. I would ask which districts are doing this.

[Anonymous]

I'm not surprised. It sounds like ad copy that is touting a test prep business by trying to make the customer feel anxiety that their child will not get into a GT program unless the parent buys the materials being sold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is pretty much how they do it in Va Beach schools. There is one Gifted Elem and one Gifted Middle School for the entire school system. Both schools are far better than AAP schools in Fairfax County and they offer fine arts programs (dance and visual arts) to students (one day per week for students who qualify) in top of that. There is one test day (and one makeup day) and that is it. If your child doesn't qualify for the GT schools they may make it in the GT program at their home school but it is still like 5% of the class. None of the 30% rates we serving Fairfax and FYI the GT schools seem to be very racially and economically mixed, something I haven't seen much of in Fairfax.

This is definitely the way it should be done here in FFX.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is pretty much how they do it in Va Beach schools. There is one Gifted Elem and one Gifted Middle School for the entire school system. Both schools are far better than AAP schools in Fairfax County and they offer fine arts programs (dance and visual arts) to students (one day per week for students who qualify) in top of that. There is one test day (and one makeup day) and that is it. If your child doesn't qualify for the GT schools they may make it in the GT program at their home school but it is still like 5% of the class. None of the 30% rates we serving Fairfax and FYI the GT schools seem to be very racially and economically mixed, something I haven't seen much of in Fairfax.

This is definitely the way it should be done here in FFX.

The problem is the test measurements are unreliable at best, particularly when some prep for the iq test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is pretty much how they do it in Va Beach schools. There is one Gifted Elem and one Gifted Middle School for the entire school system. Both schools are far better than AAP schools in Fairfax County and they offer fine arts programs (dance and visual arts) to students (one day per week for students who qualify) in top of that. There is one test day (and one makeup day) and that is it. If your child doesn't qualify for the GT schools they may make it in the GT program at their home school but it is still like 5% of the class. None of the 30% rates we serving Fairfax and FYI the GT schools seem to be very racially and economically mixed, something I haven't seen much of in Fairfax.

This is definitely the way it should be done here in FFX.

I seriously doubt that this could work the same was in Ffx Co. The two school systems aren't the same size. There are different dynamics at play.

[Anonymous]

OMG! Asian is not middle eastern. Middle Eastern (not central asian) are considered Caucasian.

[Anonymous]

I have mixed feelings about the size of AAP. One of my kids wisc-ed 20 points higher than my other one. Their learning abilities are very very different (both met the cut-off). If AAP is smaller and only 1 kid per class is going, I would rather keep my second DC in general ED. But 6-8 kids are going to AAP in the class and my child certainly belongs with them. But I really don't think my DC needs it.

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Anonymous wrote:I have mixed feelings about the size of AAP. One of my kids wisc-ed 20 points higher than my other one. Their learning abilities are very very different (both met the cut-off). If AAP is smaller and only 1 kid per class is going, I would rather keep my second DC in general ED. But 6-8 kids are going to AAP in the class and my child certainly belongs with them. But I really don't think my DC needs it.

In DC's 2nd grade class of 25, TEN kids went to AAP. Something is very wrong with the current system.