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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for the Chapel Hill and MN info. MN, was that experience quite recent? [/quote]

Experience was last year at the highly gifted middle school. They are expanding it to elementary school this year. The highly gifted criteria are different from the gifted criteria.

http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/page/3225
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Criteria listed at the link provided for the Highly Gifted Program sound similar to what's needed for AAP!

2013-2014 Criteria

Students and families considering this option must meet ONE of the following criteria:
1. CogAT composite score of 132 or higher; or
2. NWEA test total in Reading = 97 NPR or higher AND NWEA test total in Math 97 NPR or higher AND a CogAT composite score of 128 or higher; or
3. A portfolio of exemplary work may be submitted.[/quote]

In FCPS, any subsection can be 132 or higher, they don't require the composite score to be 132 anymore.  Perhaps this is why the current AAP is no longer a "gifted" program.  Some of these kids are advanced in one area, but not at all in others.  In my opinion, they don't "need" a special program unless they are advanced in [b]all [/b]areas.  [/quote]

No, it is the opposite. A few years ago kids used to be able to qualify with 132 on any subsection, but more recently a composite of 132 was required. That was 2 years ago. One year ago a percentile rather than a number was given, with the new FxAT. A composite of 95th percentile was required. This was 95th percentile within the FCPS population, not nationally. National gifted identification standards do support considering subsection rather than composite scores at least for the WISC. [/quote]

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