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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can those of you who keep saying that on this board explain this to me? 
Are you the parents of the kids with really high IQs? 
What is your child not getting in the AAP program? 
What should your child be getting in a gifted program?

Thank you! 
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Here is the problem:  what is gifted?  We use IQ of 2 standard deviations above mean to define that; that is about 130-132.  But, measuring giftedness / IQ is not an exact science, particularly with younger kids.  Add on top of it, that FCPS can not afford to give every student an IQ test, so they use different ability tests as a proxy.  These tests can be gamed by practicing for the specific test; probably a 15-30 point increase in the middle scores.

Add to that FCPS is above normal IQ -- the median achievement (SAT scores) show that the average kid is about 1/2 standard deviation smarter than the general population.

So, under the best of circumstances, FCPS would put 5-8% in gifted program.  Because of uncertainty in the testing, the numbers are twice, about 10-16%.  And prepping further skews it.  But, I think prepping won't help a 80 IQ get more than 90 or so.  But 110 can get to 125-130.

Prepping is primarily an issue in certain immigrant communities where, at home, it is the norm.

Put these together, and AAP is the a program for potentially gifted students.[/quote]

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