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[quote=Anonymous]The program is for kids in 3rd -8th grade, and it includes about 20% of the kids in each grade.  If you move from out of state, there's a way to apply before the school year for immediate placement.  They will look at any test scores, grades, and recommendations from your previous schools.  Otherwise, they'll give your child the CogAT in October, and you can apply for placement starting in January. If your child will be entering K-2nd, you don't need to do anything now.  If your child is entering 7th or 8th, you might just want to do Honors and not bother with AAP.

Basically, if think your kid is bright (like 90th percentile or higher) and motivated to learn, you should apply.  If your kid will need to take the CogAT here, it doesn't hurt to get some practice tests from Amazon, since so many other people seem to do that.

If you don't apply or your kid doesn't get in, the school will give your child a math placement test and a reading test at the beginning of the year, and your child will be placed in the appropriate groups.  Many schools still have wonderful gen ed programs, and your child will be fine there, too.

For middle school, there is a separate AAP program, but honors classes are supposed to be comparable to the AAP classes, and anyone can enroll in the honors classes.  For high school, there is no AAP, and anyone can enroll in the Honors or Advanced Placement classes.  The high school AP classes will be a mix of kids who were in AAP and kids who were in general education.  [/quote]

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