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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in DC and are considering a move to Arlington before my eldest starts 6th next year. I am trying to get a better sense of how children who move into APS in middle school can be identified as gifted. The criteria on the website seem rather vague. In other areas of the country, the criteria are very specific -- i.e., if your child achieves X percentile on Y nationally normed test, the child would be immediately placed in gifted upon starting school. This doesn't seem to be the case for APS -- instead it seems kind of squishy and like my child would be in a general classroom for some time while we waited for this subjective process to play out. Any thoughts/advice would be appreciated! [/quote]

If this is your thinking, move to Mclean[/quote]

But why though? What was it about what I wrote that makes you say that? I'm at the early end of the learning curve here. [/quote]

The PP wrote that because APS is not very engaged for the gifted, and if the criteria seem vague, it’s because they don’t do anything for your child once they are identified.  You child will take advanced classes along with all those who are not identified.  There is no gate keeping except for math.  Math paths are determined by scores on several exams as the other PP mentioned.[/quote]

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