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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Poor kids deserve an opportunity to develop to their full potential just like more privileged kids, but that’s difficult to do when stuck in a classroom that moves at a snail’s pace.  If a bright student has never been exposed to more advanced material, he/she will score lower on achievement tests like the CogAT than similar students from wealthier schools.

Fairfax should implement school-based norms (i.e. top 10% at each school is in-pool) as recommended in the report and develop a local level IV program at every ES, which would address this issue.  And yes, parent referrals should be eliminated.[/quote]

Stupid idea. This is what they did in Texas for equality. I taught at UT Austin and have never had such disparate student abilities in any other school. Literal geniuses on one end of the class and on the other end a poor hispanic kid that honestly shouldn't be in college at all and can barely write a sentence.[/quote]

That's not a good comparison.  Talent development for 8 year olds is hardly the same as a college program that needs to maintain certain standards.  Also, I doubt that any school in FCPS is so lacking in talent that the top 10% wouldn't be college worthy or bright/advanced.  If FCPS were to take the top 10% from each school, maybe a few schools that under-identify would end up with more of their bright kids receiving services, and the wealthier schools that label a large percentage of their kids as AAP would have fewer above average, privileged white and Asian kids get in.  Seems win-win to me.  [/quote]

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