WOW! This AAP thing is interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
90% of FCPS students in AAP received no prepping for the test.

Not sure how anyone would know this. no one ever asked me if I did or did not prep my child and I highly doubt theu ask 6-7y/o when they take the test!

No one would know this. PP has an axe to grind and doesn't like to face the fact that AAP is like everything else, a program in demand that can easily be gamed. Additionally, considering how relatively easy it is, statistically speaking, to get into the program, it is pretty clear that there isn't anything particularly gifted about the kids chosen to participate and begs the question of why the enrichment isn't available to all students as a matter of course.

Good luck, OP, in your move.

To the OP:

The kids chosen to participate in AAP test in the top 1-2% on the Cogat, NNAT, and/or WISC. Yes, some of these kids are just high achieving average kids who were prepped and pushed into the program, but many of these kids are exceedingly gifted. If you were to ever spend any time in an AAP center class you would see a remarkable difference. I am consistently impressed by several of my dd's classmates.

Posters like the above quoted poster are really the ones with an agenda. There are many people who have kids who didn't get into the program would rather see the program abolished altogether.

And regarding her comment about the enrichment being available to all kids...FCPS is actually piloting a program in one area of the county where all 3-6th grade classes will use the AAP curriculum for the general education classes to allow all kids to explore the experiential learning style used in the centers regardless of their ability levels.

[Anonymous]

To 23:06:

You are responding to at least three separate posters.

Be careful with your assumptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If you read DCUM, you will not find that "how to get your child qualified for Arlington gifted services" is not a significant topic of conversation (versus, say, real estate in Arlington).

Perhaps that is because Arlington county does not have anything that even remotely compares to AAP level IV. What would the parents in question even talk about? Boy, I sure hope that my son gets to take that AP course in High School 6 years from now...

Yes, that is exactly my point. Which is why there isn't any kind of hysteria in Arlington about any of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

If you read DCUM, you will not find that "how to get your child qualified for Arlington gifted services" is not a significant topic of conversation (versus, say, real estate in Arlington).

Perhaps that is because Arlington county does not have anything that even remotely compares to AAP level IV. What would the parents in question even talk about? Boy, I sure hope that my son gets to take that AP course in High School 6 years from now...

Yes, that is exactly my point. Which is why there isn't any kind of hysteria in Arlington about any of this.

Parents that want AAP Level IV services in Arlington move to Fairfax County.