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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there kids who scored in the top 10 or 5 percent of their class who are nonetheless rejected from local IVs? I can understand the need to be rigorous when filling up the center schools, but a local level 4 AAP class is just 1/4 of the grade, right?[/quote]

In which case, why wouldn’t ALL the in-pool kids get accepted for local? If grade size is 100, class could fit the top 10% plus 15 more.[/quote]

It's not that simple.  The central office selects kids for AAP.  This gives those kids LIV status that is permanent through 8th grade even if the kid performs poorly, and gives the kids the right to attend the center, if they should so choose.  Many other kids are principal placed in the LLIV classroom, but they won't have the AAP LIV status.  This means that they are not eligible to attend the center, their placement is fluid, and they can be removed from the LLIV classroom if they are struggling or if there isn't enough space to place them.  Some kids may be placed in the LLIV for 3rd and 4th, but then not be placed for 5th and 6th.

In your example, in-pool is purely based on test scores.  It's quite possible that a kid with high test scores who is not advanced and is not demonstrating any gifted traits to their teachers would not be principal placed in the LLIV.  There is no point in principal placing a child in AAP if the child is not sufficiently advanced enough in math and language arts to be successful with the curriculum.  [/quote]

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