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[quote=Anonymous]AAP, Advanced Academic Program, is something available across FCPS in a variety of different forms. You can find more about the program by googling it.

All students in ES are supposed to receive Level 1 services.

Level II services are for kids ES who are identified by their Teachers or the AART at the school as needing some more challenging work. It varies from school to school. Some people report that Level II includes pull outs, at my sons school it was more challenging worksheets and a more advanced reading group.

Level III services are for third - sixth graders. It is a pull out that is suppose to happen once a week for 45 minutes or so. It is something that is inconsistently run. My sons school has pretty regular meetings that last the 45 minutes to an hour, other people report that their kids are rarely pulled out and for a short period of time. The program is suppose to involve projects and activities meant to encourage creative thinking.

Level IV starts in third grade. It is a select program. Kids can be referred by parents or can be included in the application pool by testing in on the CogAT or NNAT given in second and first grade. Kids normally have to score in the 99th percentile to be in pool, but that test score has become more localized. Kids have to be in the top 10% of their schools test scores to be in pool. Kids who are under consideration have packets put together by their school to include work samples, a gifted behaviors rating evaluation conducted by the Teacher and AART, and potential for a parent questionnaire. Kids found to need LIV can either attend the base schools Local Level IV program, if the school has one, or attend a Center school. LIV is meant to cover the same material as the Gen Ed classes but in more depth. Math is faster paced with kids completing 5th grade math by the end of fourth grade, 6th grade math in 5th grade, and 7th grade math in 6th grade.[/quote]

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