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The bolded part is true - but your definition of "gifted" is different from FCPS's.  Read the first paragraph: " : eligible to students " who exhibit exceptional performance capability..." like a CogAt of 130 and GBRS of 11 or 12.    [/quote]

Not really.  FCPS still wants to use multiple criteria to establish giftedness, as is considered best practice.  They've just had a steadily lowering bar for what is considered "exceptional performance."  Fifteen years ago, "exceptional performance" was the one kid in the classroom who was clearly above the rest.  Now, "exceptional performance" seems to be any kid who is above grade level.  AAP expanded from 5% to 20% over the last 15 years.  Kids haven't become that much smarter.  The bar has just drastically been lowered.  [/quote]

well I think 17% would be about right.  And you may not be taking into account the demographic changes in this area over the last 15 years. There's been an explosion in highly educated parents and their very smart offspring. [/quote]

There's also been an explosion in ESOL and FARMS kids.  I've worked with a lot of AAP kids in math over the last few years, and many of them are above average and very motivated, but nothing special.  They're not gifted.  They're just regular smart kids.  [/quote]

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