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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're missing the point.  It doesn't matter whether the system is bad or the implementation is half-assed.  FCPS has had years of tinkering to fix this.  In the meantime, our flawed AAP model is driving decisions that are affecting students, schools and communities.  If it is not special education for the "gifted" much of the justification for centers goes away.   If FCPS says this is about services, these services can just as easily be delivered at many local schools where if students would stay in their neighborhoods you would have more than a critical mass.

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Okay, so you are saying that the population served is not "gifted." I think that to the best of their ability, within the available budget (not enough for WISC for all), FCPS is trying to target a group that might be expected to have IQ in the 132 range, the typical definition of gifted. Do you disagree with this definition of gifted? Or do you think that all FCPS should have to take the WISC, since CogAT and NNAT aren't actual IQ tests, in order to determine who truly has 132 IQ? Because of budget limitations FCPS has to use CogAT and NNAT at 132 as the in-pool group to automatically consider for AAP. Because the tests are flawed, parent referrals are allowed. Even with national gifted education standards, there are mandates for multiple criteria to be considered for placement. If you read about selection criteria for gifted education, you'll see that what FCPS does is not different from what other programs for gifted (not highly gifted) do. [/quote]

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