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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Outside of FCPS, it's generally believed that about 2% of the population falls into the "gifted" range. It also isn't typically an across-the-board giftedness, usually a person is gifted in a particular area. Accordingly to a 2013 WaPo piece I found, nearly 17% of FCPS students qualified under the AAP standards. And then they get put into a program that treats than that way across all the core subjects. It's not a program for identifying truly gifted children, it's a program for identifying smarter-than-average kids who would benefit from a more rigorous curriculum.[/quote]
Agree with this, but don't really see the problem with it. All the kids who are smart at our neighborhood school are either identified LLIV or LLIII. They all get advanced instruction and are happy. There are plenty of kids in general ed who are smart, but aren't into school and wouldn't be happy with the increased workload of AAP. They're fine with their classes too. We're in one of those mixed AAP/Gen Ed schools though so there isn't the social divide talked about at other schools.[/quote]

I don't have a problem with it either, I think it's good those kids are getting the opportunity for a more advanced curriculum. I was just addressing OP as to why AAP isn't a gifted program, because it's not identifying only gift students. That your child gets into AAP doesn't make them gifted, just smarter-than average (which is still great).[/quote]

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