Please stop asking me if my child got into AAP...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP you are just wrong. Listen to yourself ragging on little kids. Very classy. Bet you like bitters in your drinks too.

Wow. Just Little touchy.

AAP sucks, waste of money. Stressing kids out.

[Anonymous]

Not really. But you can keep your world view, it seems to fit you well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not really. But you can keep your world view, it seems to fit you well.

I will. And one day you will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not really. But you can keep your world view, it seems to fit you well.

I will. And one day you will.

AAP is a waste of time and money.

[Anonymous]

Not at Longfellow. Some of the best teachers in the country there teaching AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at Longfellow. Some of the best teachers in the country there teaching AAP.

You are up very late for a teacher. We have better teacher than Longfellow.

[Anonymous]

Not a teacher - just a happy parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at Longfellow. Some of the best teachers in the country there teaching AAP.

Best teacher does not make a genius, or brilliant child, or successful adult. Pushy parent does make a rebellious, under-performing, fear of failure adult.
Careful my pretty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a teacher - just a happy parent.

because you gamed the system?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP you are just wrong. Listen to yourself ragging on little kids. Very classy. Bet you like bitters in your drinks too.

No but I like sugar!!

[Anonymous]

I don't think getting a kid who meets every criterion without. appealing into AAP is gaming the system. But conspiracy theories apparently abound and if you think the only way a FFX County parent will be happy is if they've gamed the system, that says a lot about what you think should make people happy. I am just appreciative of the educational opportunities provided in Fairfax County.

[Anonymous]

yeah, yeah, yeah...one of the few. Good for your child hope they are successful when they make the Ivy Leagues and "Don't have sexual relations with that woman" when they become president!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have two DCs. One got in and has done very well and is at TJ. The other didn't, we opted for rigorous private and DC is hanging in with A-/B+ average there. The top privates don't give a lot of As. At middle school private level, content is less difficult than AAP but much more focused on keen grasp and participation (in a class of 15 kids, you better be on and ready to engage every day). Point is the AAP people got it right. First DC was good tester, extremely self motivated to learn, and very functional in a large group - mature, leader, etc. Second DC is also smart but will head to the back row in a large group, does better with prompting to learn, etc. IMO the AAP people know what they are doing. If your DC didn't make it, there's a small chance of error ... But much more likely than not there's a good reason even if they had one or two good scores.

Oh geeze, blah, blah, blah... ... ... ... ... blah... AAP is not all that. Maybe they had it right with GT but not with AAP unless you want to call it the alternative learning center. OP, be glad and content that your child is in a normal school. He/she will be fine! Actually, most likely even better adjusted. Forget about it and move on. Do you really want to deal with the pool of crazies or just a couple?

Very true. The drama and resentment started once they expanded GT and started calling it AAP. GT was known as a gifted program for the very few kids who actually needed a different classroom atmosphere. AAP is nothing like that. It's a divisive program and center schools only magnify the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here: Really, just one high score (VCI at 99%)? All the other Wisc scores were high avg/avg but overall l was very superior (mid 90s percentile and GAI 132, but psychologist would not report it on the results). So a much lower FSIQ than I see people posting here. And GBRS was really bad.

I appreciate all the input here. The issue is both (1) my own disappointment given the strange discrepancy with scores/performance and (2) the other parents being so nosy.

Yes, just one very high score can be enough. Having the verbal high is great. From reading these boards, I think that verbal is the score most strongly considered. There seems to be research to back this up. See for example the link below. GAI of 132 is great. It doesn't matter that the psychologist (possibly Dr. Dahlgren?) would not report the GAI on the results. The selection committee is experienced with WISC scores and will know how to interpret the subscores. They may even take the lower working memory and processing speed into account as playing into the lower CogAT and NNAT (though not so low from what you said) and the less than stellar GBRS.

http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/About_GDC/whoaregiftd.htm

I have read other information on gifted identification that also supports identification based on only one subscore, but I can't seem to quickly find a link at the moment -- sorry. I think the general philosophy is to err on the side of inclusiveness and to nurture potential. Even with CogAT scores, most years kids have been in pool if they had one subscore that met the threshhold.

One caution based on experience that if your child is not a good test taker for whatever mysterious reason, that can carry over to the AAP experience. Getting into the program is just the beginning. I have a DC who is not a good test taker, and I've seen that as you get to third grade and beyond, test scores (SOL and others) are a huge focus. Do others agree? It can be discouraging to always have the issue of test scores hanging over you. The creative projects, writing, and the like don't seem to matter as much as the scores.

Who, exactly, comprises "the selection committee"? I never hear any names and it's all very mysterious.

You'll never get names, that's not how bureaucracies work. If they came out of the dark, then there could be accountability, can't have that.

You can't even get simple math. (i.e. acceptance rate, as simple as # files reviewed / # accepted.)

You can get volumes of process and policy documents that don't say anything though if that helps.....

+1
Like the ridiculous explanation of the "differences" between AAP and Honors classes in middle school. The verbiage they use is only intended to confuse parents into thinking there is actually a real difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think getting a kid who meets every criterion without. appealing into AAP is gaming the system. But conspiracy theories apparently abound and if you think the only way a FFX County parent will be happy is if they've gamed the system, that says a lot about what you think should make people happy. I am just appreciative of the educational opportunities provided in Fairfax County.

Sure... provided to half the kids but not the other half. Very equitable.