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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It makes absolutely no difference at all in APS middle school if you're tagged as gifted.  It really only matters for elementary.  Your student can still sign up for intensified classes whether or not they're tagged.

The biggest question you'll have to work through with APS is the appropriate math placement, but that is also not decided by the gifted label.  [/quote]

You need to be placed into intensified math though based on scores. There is a cut off and my kid was above the cut off in 6th, but didn’t get in pre algebra because they didn’t have enough teachers. [/quote]
The math score placement is unrelated to being tagged as gifted.  They largely use the MAP test score and SOL scores for math placement, though they'll consider a CoGAT score if available.  A kid who is new to APS will have to discuss with the math department to determine math placement based on available scores.

A different set of APS employees and different process are part of gifted determinations, so that's totally separate.[/quote]

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