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[quote=Anonymous]I do agree FCPS does try to look beyond the scores.  They look for feedback from several teachers with regards to a child and what potential they are showing in the classroom.  My DC was one that got in last year with both test scores below the pool cut off, but a very high GBRS and excellent work samples.  She is THRIVING in AAP and I am so thankful to her teachers that identified her as needing more than the general education curriculum and not just writing her off because her scores were a little below the cutoff.  DC tells me all the time about half of the kids in her AAP class don't do their classwork on time, or their homework, constantly goof off, etc.  I'm sure plenty of those kids had much higher test scores than she did.  However, she is completing her work on time, producing great work, and thriving; again, with probably lower test scores.

The Board is clearly doing their job looking beyond the test scores.  Test scores truly are only one piece to the puzzle but there is so much more when it comes to measuring a child's academic potential - drive, determination, curiosity, motivation to learn and apply new material, a creative or "think outside the box" mind, etc., etc.

I'm honestly glad to see the Board seems to be even going a little lower this year in terms of test scores, if the child is proving themselves capable on a daily basis in the classroom.  Many children with a high level of determination and drive will thrive and do well in FCPS AAP program.[/quote]

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