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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My take is that hard work alone isn’t sufficient. A hard-working but average IQ (85-115) student probably isn’t going to thrive in AAP, it’s not the right environment for them. A “smart” (say 125-140 IQ ballpark) and reasonably hard working student will do just fine and this profile constitutes the significant majority of kids in AAP. The 140+ IQ kids will be fine and don’t have to work as hard, but may still be motivated to put in a decent effort, whereas they’d probably languish and be quite bored and disengaged due to insufficient challenge in a GenEd class where a teacher is trying to meet their unique needs along with her advanced, above-average, on grade level, and 1-2 remedial cohorts all within the same classroom.  In an AAP class, the teacher is only having to differentiate amongst her “varying degrees of advanced” cohorts, which is much more realistic and attainable and appropriate for the kids in her class.

But there are a ton of kids on the bubble who would probably do just about equally fine being amongst the most advanced cohort in GenEd as they would being amongst the least advanced cohort in AAP.  And it’s a mix of innate smarts, home support / early childhood efforts, and their motivation. There’s not a sharp line to be drawn for these kids as to who should be in AAP and who shouldn’t, but they have to draw a line somewhere and it’s inevitably going to be a bit of a blurry one.[/quote]

Due to issues including ADHD, anxiety and ASD/Aspie, my kids have had lots of tests including IQ tests and your breakdown is very accurate IME.  My smart 125-ish DC is doing fine in AAP, works at it and is successful.  My 145-ish DC didn't work at all in AAP but did stay engaged and learned, especially in 5th and 6th grade.  [/quote]

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