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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why so many negative comments about a child with a high ability test score? Is this because most AAP hopefuls on this board have scores in a lower range? They want a child with a high score denied?

I have a child for whom I think AAP would be the best placement. In my mind, she exhibits behaviors chracteristic of a gifted child. And she also happens to have earned a high NNAT score. Her greatest strengths are in art and mathematics, so it makes sense to me.

If I read these board, the other parents say it may not happen. Then what happens to her? [b]She will be the smartest child in her class. Always our performing her peers[/b] and requiring differentiation that maybe one else in the class needs. It's easier for the teacher if she's placed in AAP. [/quote]

What are the negative comments that you've read?  An (accurate) statement that if a child has a high NNAT but not another documented piece confirming admittance, the child goes from being likely admitted, to being unlikely admitted.  You have a SINGLE piece of the puzzle (her NNAT.)  We are saying that yes, her admittance "may not happen" if there isn't something else to back up her need for AAP.  (Your belief that in your mind she exhibits the behavior of a gifted kid won't really mean much to an objective committee.)  If her greatest strengths are in math and art, she very well may be a Level III kid.  (She could also very well be a Level IV kid, but none of us know that.  I'm only mentioning the level III because her art talent won't help in the AAP application process and the advanced math skills may put her in need of Level III only.)  I will add that you should really come down off your high horse.  I don't mean that to sound harsh but what I bolded above is really a little much.  How do you know she is the smartest kid in the class?  How do you know she'll always out perform her peers?  [/quote]

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