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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nationally --- shouldn't these kids be in AAP? There are some general national standards as to what constitutes, "gifted". We live in a highly educated, high IQ area. No surprise, in the least, that so many kids "should" qualify.

Now, how to best serve them and everyone? I would like to see the total AAP Center numbers at no more than 2x the enrollment of TJ. Keep gifted kids at the base school - with differential instruction w/in the same classroom. Flexible grouping for instruction so all students can advance to the best of their ability/effort.[/quote]

The issue is that fcps does not keep a hard cut off score of 132 or so.  They have their automatic referral number, then accept parent referrals for kids in the 120s or so.  That change is the issue and why AAP has exploded.

If they maintained a hard cut off of 132, and maybe allowed for referrals for 130-31, the program would still be very robust, but would not be this gargantuan monstrosity that we have now.

For those in the 120s-131, the schools could offer traditional level 3 pull out enrichment services and advanced math.

Everyone would be better served, the centers would still be quite full, and the base schools would be able to offer full level 3 enrichment.[/quote]

Isn’t the difference between 120 and 132 just two questions?

These are second graders. I don’t think a kid who misses 2 questions should be disqualified from a program.

My kid got a 141 composite but scored 124 on the verbal. I think he got 5 questions wrong. I know he got one wrong in quant and can’t remember how many wrong but I think it was 3 wrong and he got like 138. Don’t have the paper in front of me.

I didn’t ask my kid but from these boards, there may have been some confusing questions or pictures of things kids weren’t familiar with (flip phone).[/quote]

Isn't the difference between a 110 and a 120 just a question or two?[/quote]

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