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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Intelligence is partially inherited, and partially learned. Smarter parents produce smarter kids, and a home that values education produces better results.  That's not to say those are the only circumstances in which a child will be "gifted," but they raise the odds dramatically.

How far do you want to lower the bar to make sure we account for "disadvantages" that we can't really evaluate?  Is it worth a 10% handicap for being black?  20% for being poor?[/quote]

And the bar is test scores. The only real way we can measure a persons intellectual capacity is through testing. [/quote]

Not just testing. Standardized multiple choice testing.[/quote]

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