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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because the differences are negligible but the tracking is extreme.[/quote]

This is it, in a nutshell.  Sure, some kids are more advanced academically.  But the current AAP system separates kids of *extremely similar* intelligence into two labeled groups.  If it was an actual gifted program, it would only take the very highest scorers/achievers, and the vast majority of kids would be together in Gen Ed. with no hard feelings for the exceptional ones who would be receiving a special education.  That's just not the case right now.[/quote]

So there is a population of kids who are borderline. Thats ok.  There will always be kids that just missed the cut off, that doesn't mean we should do away with the program.[/quote]

There would be far fewer kids who "missed the cut off" if the cut off were raised.  But that would just make too much sense.   :roll:[/quote]

The bar is fine. The numbers are high because of where we live.  There is difference between the national average and the local average. [/quote]

I disagree.  The bar needs to be raised and it's only the parents who have kids who either squeaked in or had to be parent referred or appealed who feel "the bar is fine".  Utter nonsense.  [/quote]

Well, I don't fit into any of those categories (squeaked, referred or appealed) and I think the bar is fine, so I guess there goes that theory.  [/quote]

I also don't fit into one of those categories and feel the bar is fine. [b]We live in a highly educated area of the country. Highly educated = smart parents. Smart parents = smart kids. I would expect there to be more kids in AAP than the national average.[/[/b]quote]

It is true that we live in a highly educated area and compared to the national average there are more smart kids.   That said, if you ask any teacher or educator who has been around here awhile they will tell you that there are many kids getting into the program now who would not have gotten in (and whose parents wouldn't have pushed for it) back when the program was more geared to "gifted" students.   The whole reason the GT program was created is that research has shown time and again that these students learn differently and FCPS needed to bus them to centers to find a critical mass.

Todays AAP program is hard to justify for the following reasons:

1.  Students can be high-achieving, or advanced because of what they've been exposed to without being gifted.  Do these  kids really learn differently and need a separate program?
2.  With 40% of the second grade class making the cut for AAP in some schools, can anyone argue in good faith that these students need to be bused to a center to find a critical mass of their intellectual peers?

I honestly don't know how FCPS and so many parents on this forum can justify this bloated program with a straight face. [/quote]

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