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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Taking students very similar to each other and creating vastly different  educational experiences, and outcomes creates a rift in society that is no short of evil.[/quote]

I'm not sure which ES/ESs yuo're referring to, but our experience at our ES is not like that.  Which one is representative?[/quote]

NP, but the PP probably is referring to the process wherein one group of kids with test scores in the 90-98th percentile with school support is deemed gifted and is given access to AAP, whereas a group of kids who have the same or even better stats on paper are deemed "not potentially gifted", based on a subjective 5 minute assessment of that child's file.  I agree with the PP that the whole process of identifying children for AAP is subjective and pretty inconsistent.

That being said, I'll give an unpopular viewpoint here that for the majority of kids in AAP, it honestly wouldn't have mattered whether they did AAP or whether they did Level III pullouts + highest reading group + advanced math at the base school.  Advanced math is the same as AAP math, Level III pull outs can be small group and every bit as involved as AAP projects, and kids at the base school have many more opportunities for leadership and academic teams.  So the whole bit about "vastly different educational experiences and outcomes" is a huge exaggeration.[/quote]

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