If your child is in AAP ...

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Anonymous wrote:Based on the common definition, if a kid's IQ is above 130, she/he is gifted.
Many kids in AAP are gifted.

And most are not. The truly gifted make up a tiny % of the population, not the masses they admit to AAP.

Citation/source, please?

Based on a normal distribution if IQ scores, about 2% of the general population would be above this 130 threshold. Since the DC metro area skews high for IQ (as shown by SAT scores etc) it's not hard to imagine that this 2% number would be higher, perhaps significantly so. It's probably not possible that 30% of the school age population being admitted to AAP is above this threshold, but I wouldn't be surprised if 5-10% were.

So for children scoring above 130 on an IQ test (such as the WISC-IV), they should be considered "gifted?"

Yes. That is the commonly accepted criterion for being gifted. Above 140 would be considered highly gifted.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on the common definition, if a kid's IQ is above 130, she/he is gifted.
Many kids in AAP are gifted.

And most are not. The truly gifted make up a tiny % of the population, not the masses they admit to AAP.

Citation/source, please?

Based on a normal distribution if IQ scores, about 2% of the general population would be above this 130 threshold. Since the DC metro area skews high for IQ (as shown by SAT scores etc) it's not hard to imagine that this 2% number would be higher, perhaps significantly so. It's probably not possible that 30% of the school age population being admitted to AAP is above this threshold, but I wouldn't be surprised if 5-10% were.

No, it's not.

The percentage of FCPS being admitted to AAP is not 30%. Around 16% of the FCPS population is in AAP. I think that is consistent with our highly educated area. In any case any "extra" students being admitted would be not the ones who qualified based on FCPS testing and GBRS but the ones who could submit a WISC of 130 or above, so I don't think you could claim that their WISC scores were not high.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on the common definition, if a kid's IQ is above 130, she/he is gifted.
Many kids in AAP are gifted.

And most are not. The truly gifted make up a tiny % of the population, not the masses they admit to AAP.

Citation/source, please?

Based on a normal distribution if IQ scores, about 2% of the general population would be above this 130 threshold. Since the DC metro area skews high for IQ (as shown by SAT scores etc) it's not hard to imagine that this 2% number would be higher, perhaps significantly so. It's probably not possible that 30% of the school age population being admitted to AAP is above this threshold, but I wouldn't be surprised if 5-10% were.

So for children scoring above 130 on an IQ test (such as the WISC-IV), they should be considered "gifted?"

Yes. That is the commonly accepted criterion for being gifted. Above 140 would be considered highly gifted.

Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:I could say it, but he has a FSIQ in the upper 150s and was called "profoundly gifted" by the psychologist who tested him, so I'm not sure it would be accurate.

Humblebrag

How on earth is that a humblebrag?

That poster is either just stating facts, just bragging or a combination of both.

She is being very upfront and not trying to mask her kids intelligence in a veiled put down of her child.

Not a humblebrag by any stretch of the word.

Is not the point of this post to try and get everybody with a kid in AAP to state that their kid isn't gifted in a sort of "I'm Spartacus" fashion? Some kids are gifted, so everyone can't say that their kid isn't.

If you've got a kid over 150 - you'll know there is a fine line between genius and crazy person (OK not normal). It's not a humblebrag. It's a dear lord give me the strenght kind comment.

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Anonymous wrote:I could say it, but he has a FSIQ in the upper 150s and was called "profoundly gifted" by the psychologist who tested him, so I'm not sure it would be accurate.

Humblebrag

How on earth is that a humblebrag?

That poster is either just stating facts, just bragging or a combination of both.

She is being very upfront and not trying to mask her kids intelligence in a veiled put down of her child.

Not a humblebrag by any stretch of the word.

Is not the point of this post to try and get everybody with a kid in AAP to state that their kid isn't gifted in a sort of "I'm Spartacus" fashion? Some kids are gifted, so everyone can't say that their kid isn't.

If you've got a kid over 150 - you'll know there is a fine line between genius and crazy person (OK not normal). It's not a humblebrag. It's a dear lord give me the strenght kind comment.

Yeah...not. The answer to the question didn't need to state the kid's IQ...unless you're the kind of parent who needs to state your kid's IQ.

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- enough already. This same question has come up many times. Search the archives. And AAP is not for gifted kids. FCPS clearly says so.

Let me guess, your kid is in GE and you have made it your mission to dismantle AAP.

Nope, wrong. I actually am a proponent of AAP and we are in it. I just don't think most kids "NEED" it nor do I think most kids in it are gifted...even those with high IQ tests.

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- enough already. This same question has come up many times. Search the archives. And AAP is not for gifted kids. FCPS clearly says so.

Let me guess, your kid is in GE and you have made it your mission to dismantle AAP.

Nope, wrong. I actually am a proponent of AAP and we are in it. I just don't think most kids "NEED" it nor do I think most kids in it are gifted...even those with high IQ tests.

Then you don't understand the difference between "gifted" and "prodigy" or "gifted" and "bright".

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- enough already. This same question has come up many times. Search the archives. And AAP is not for gifted kids. FCPS clearly says so.

Let me guess, your kid is in GE and you have made it your mission to dismantle AAP.

Nope, wrong. I actually am a proponent of AAP and we are in it. I just don't think most kids "NEED" it nor do I think most kids in it are gifted...even those with high IQ tests.

Then you don't understand the difference between "gifted" and "prodigy" or "gifted" and "bright".

I understand that and that the term "gifted" is used loosely with a loose definition from oft quoted Internet sites.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand that and that the term "gifted" is used loosely with a loose definition from oft quoted Internet sites.

There are some great resources online compiled by The College of William and Mary's Center for Gifted Education:

http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/resources/index.php

They also have a recommended reading list:

http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/resources/readinglist/index.php

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Anonymous wrote:I understand that and that the term "gifted" is used loosely with a loose definition from oft quoted Internet sites.

There are some great resources online compiled by The College of William and Mary's Center for Gifted Education:

http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/resources/index.php

They also have a recommended reading list:

http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/resources/readinglist/index.php

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if WISC is 160?..Uber-Genius?

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I thought WISC had a cap of 145. Or is that the old test?