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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been a teacher in FCPS for many years and this whole AAP fixation frustrates me. I have taught second grade and have administered the CogAt rest many times. I have also done several years of GBRS which are always a pain. I know first hand those students who get test prepped and score high on the test, yet I give them low GBRS because their level and quality of work is not AAP worthy. And yet those students keep making it into AAP classes. Why! Aren't we doing them a disservice. They may have scored high but if they can barely keep up in second grade, turn in work on time or perform to higher standards then grade level, why are we allowing these students to get in, especially through appeals?

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Maybe it is because you are the ultra-structured teacher who requires everything to be perfect, and miss the potential of the truly brilliant kids.  If you were old enough, I bet you were my second grade teacher, who never noticed that the first three answers on my HW were correct...then I did not care.  So, you questioned if I was [b]retarded[/b].  (This was 1971).  You recommended holding me back.  My parents sent me for an evaluation, which showed that I was 1) immature, and 2) a genius. (IQ is about 150).

Oh, and I was held back [b]AND[/b] placed in a gifted classroom (not FCPS).[/quote]

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