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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The way AAP is currently being implemented (through grade level extensions) probably underserving many  gifted kids...and many kids that can do the work but don't get in are being underserved by GE...I would like to know the reasons why some AAP parents are against AAP for all. [/quote]

Easy. Kids with best test scores = most qualified. Just so happens that most kids who test well are white and asian. If minority kids can't cut it, then they just can't. They need to work harder to make the cut.

We all take the same tests, and are taught the same material.  We all start at the same starting line. The argument of "societal disadvantages" is nebulous at best and unsolvable. [/quote]

Do you really think the color of a person's skin or their ethnicity pre-disposes them to be better test takers?[/quote]

Of course it does. Just look at the data. Black and brown kids consistently do worse on all levels of standardized testing than their white and asian counterparts. Since most selective schools and jobs high demand high performance on these tests, they have been, and will continue to lag behind the rest in all aspects of academic and professional society.[/quote]

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