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[quote=Anonymous]"Mistakes"  of exclusion can happen in a legitimate screening process, but "mistakes" of "inclusion" based on pushy parents?  That doesn't make sense.

If the tests are valid, that means they are highly correlated with kids who have the ability to do the work that is given.  Pushy parents aren't going to affect the STANDARDIZED test scores that all applicants must have in order to be considered.  (let's not get into "prepping" -- since, in the end, the kid has to score well or not.  If you are relying totally on prepping, please provide data showing that prepping can increase scores by more than a 5 percentage points).

Are you suggesting that pushy parents influence teacher recommendations and that those faulty recommendations outweigh test scores?  If so, then the fault is on the teacher/AART for being swayed and the faulty process of allowing subjective recommendations to outweigh otherwise sub-standard test scores.

If six or more reviewers AGREE that the child is qualified, then it's not about "pushy parents" -- how exactly are your supposed pushy parents influencing the committee??

Sure, some kids don't stick with the program or have times when they are overwhelmed.  But, is that a matter of the school pushing too hard when it isn't necessary? (i.e. expecting all kids to know their multiplication tables on day 1 of 4th grade -- not necessary; just making kids feel bad for not studying them all summer)   Is it a matter of the parents not supporting the child at home?  Is it a matter of maturity or temperament in not handling challenges and the unknown well?

There are various reasons why AAP might not be right for a given child -- that doesn't mean the child got there by way of a "pushy parent."

Either the objective test scores and the teacher observations/recs, and the approval of the committee members are valid indicators of ability, -- therefore pushy parents really can't have any significant effect on the process, OR the process is a farce and people should just get pushy to get their kids in.

It's a red-herring to blame the struggles of some AAP kids on "pushy parents."  There are other more likely reason why kids might struggle at times in AAP or drop out of the program.

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