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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By 3rd grade, the kids are very well aware of who the smartest kids in the class are, with or without AAP.[/quote]

Yes, but the AAP selection process doesn't necessarily get all the smart kids.  There is a difference between gifted and smart.  There are smart kids who are left behind and have to live with the stigma created by the large percentage of kids that end up in AAP.  So many smart but not gifted kids get into the program that is does make it seem like only kids who are not smart stay in Gen Ed.  DS is in AAP and was shocked when two of the most academically advanced kids in his class didn't also get in.  I explained that the program was an opportunity for him to learn things in a different way and not that the kids in the program are smarter than the ones who don't go.  I think there should be a program for profoundly gifted kids and all the other kids should be in gen ed and should have access to the current AAP curriculum.  I don't think DS is profoundly gifted so this is not a self-serving suggestion.  [/quote]

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