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That ^.  My kids' base school is very diverse, both racially and by SES.  About 20% qualify for AAP, and they're almost entirely white or Asian high SES kids.  In many cases, they're kids from incredibly enriched households with parents who decided that they belonged in AAP from the time they were born.   They are then are prepped into getting a 120s cogat, and somehow get in.  How is this not elitist and an example of "white flight"?[/quote]

This is why the program expands each year. Fairfax is trying to capture more disadvantaged gifted kids.  They haven't been noticeably successful.  Do you have recommendations for Fairfax?[/quote]

Disadvantaged gifted kids are unlikely to be identified using any of the procedures they have now.  They would probably benefit most from a more robust gen ed program, which would be achieved by returning 2/3 of the AAP kids back to the base school, as well as a more robust Young Scholars program.  Letting even more above average white and asian kids into the program surely isn't helping disadvantaged gifted kids who are being left behind in gen ed, but now without smart, high achieving peers.

I am a bit curious about how adaptive testing could help identify disadvantaged gifted kids.  If kids who are behind show more than a year of grown in a subject, that might indicate that the kid is learning quite rapidly, even when starting at a lower baseline.  [/quote]

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