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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Thankfully, "gifted" is really low key in Arlington. You have to remember that APS is FILLED with high-achieving kids who test well. You can have a child in the 98th, 99th percentile in testing and they won't be offered services. They're looking for something different -- more classic "gifted" behavior. Often it goes hand in glove with other characteristics about the child, typically something not neurotypical.

It's a much better way of managing the program than the nuttery that is AAP in Fairfax.

Except that of course APS is not "filled with" kids who score in the 99th percentile on IQ tests. The testing was supposed to minimize the subjectivity to the process. It hasn't done that, it's only made the favoritism clearer. Remarkably, the characteristics of the PTA officers' kids fit the pattern of what they're looking for, even if those kids perform poorly on the IQ-like tests. Or that's the way it is at my child's school.[/quote]

I've never pushed for gifted services in my APS school and my DC was identified by various teachers throughout elementary school and middle (we're at Williamsburg now.) Also, we are totally unconnected to the PTA--in fact, we're not into networking/socializing with other parents for the most part. So, it can be done independently. [/quote]

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