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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]this is not a gifted program[/b], just an advanced one, so there is nothing wrong with wanting your kids in it. Most of the parents in this area are advanced, and they want the same for their kids.

Teachers say that you can't prep for those tests, so you can prep away, and it according to the teachers it won't matter much. Our AART told me that you can't get more than a couple of points through prepping.

probably companies make tons of money on test prep through risk adverse parents with smart kids.

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Yes it is.

Gifted programs are required under Virginia law. This is Fairfax's.[/quote]

The FX Co program ALSO serves gifted students, but it is not designed exclusively for them. There are too many students that are not gifted and are part of this program. Also, if the program was ONLY targeting gifted students, [b]all you'd need to get it would be an IQ test, not ability tests.
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The program is mediocre for really gifted, highly gifted, and profoundly gifted children. The program is very good for intelligent high achievers.

For example to be gifted in any area, you need to be a few years ahead, not one year in math and at the same grade level, but more in depth in other subjects. If you look at the JHU program for the gifted they want the child to do work several years ahead of the child's grade in order to be found eligible for the program. [/quote]

They use ability tests because IQ tests are too expensive and time consuming to administer.  I don't think it's a gifted program either because it really is just a faster paced curriculum, but these tests are frequently used for gifted programs instead of IQ tests.  [/quote]

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