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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The requirements to enter the program are parent-centric which tends to favor asian and white families.  Likewise, the use of GBRS also does the same. Studies show due to cultural bias, white teachers (and most teachers in FCPS are white) rarely identify giftedness in non-white or non-asian students. The system leans towards exclusion of brown children of varying races. [/quote]

Tue tests are color blind, particularly the nnat [/quote]

Not true at all. Statistics show otherwise, especially when some have the means for prep and others don't but keep fooling yourself into thinking so. A WISC is the closest one would come to being a "color-blind" test but most cannot afford to get one. The truth is life is racially and socioeconomically unbalanced and thus, so are programs like AAP. It is what it is, but let's not pretend these tests accurately capture giftedness. Even among asian and white kids, AAP is skewed heavily towards the verbally gifted and not non-verbally gifted students. Some would argue there is unfairness in that, but such is life. [/quote]

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