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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok...if you are not a troll, you would know about measurement errors.  My DD scored below 135 on the cogAT.  But, it was one measurement.   You would understand how difficult it is to measure giftedness at a young age.  [b]So, FCPS standards for AAP are "potentially" gifted.[/b]

So, my DD, with her 122 CogAT in grade 2, showed potential as a gifted student, according to her teachers (1 & 2 grade).  We referred...she was admitted.

She is in the upper quarter (at worst) in AAP in the 8th grade, with straight A's.  (Last year she her only B was band).  Had she been in GenEd, she would easily be the smartest kid in the classroom.

I have not bothered to have her tested recently (like ever), there is no point.  She will achieve what she achieves.  He goal in schools in Va Tech (where I went).  Though, I think UVA or W & M would be a better fit for her.  The point, though, is she is doing fine.  I can not say how she would be doing in GenED.[/quote]

Using your argument, one would conclude that those not in AAP have no "potential giftedness" - which is flat out wrong.  No one can predict the directions any of these kids will take in middle and high school, and to make a stark division of very similar kids starting in 3rd grade is crazy.

Every child has the potential to excel and segregating them from 3-8 based on some sort of perceived potential is insane.  A tiny percentage of those in AAP are actually gifted.  The rest?  Just mainstream kids, no different from their counterparts in Gen Ed.  Why FCPS sees it necessary to separate them is beyond me.[/quote]

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