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I believe it is 20% by sixth grade, that includes kids who have moved into the county and accepted, kids who apply in a later grade and private school transfers. I thought I saw someone post that it is about 16% of Second Graders are accepted into AAP. And I am not certain that those numbers actually reflect the number of kids participating or the number of kids who are eligible. I know kids who have deferred or returned to their base school. I am not certain how they are treated in the AAP stats.

It is a selective group. Kids are not accepted in the first round and not everyone who appeals is accepted. You do have to have higher test scores, although not everyone is at the 132 bench mark, be doing well in your grade, and receive decent teacher evaluations. Some folks might think that the selection criteria is not rigid enough or set high enough but that does not mean it is not a selective group.
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Last year's dashboard showed 17% of 3rd graders and 23% of 6th graders in AAP.  These numbers only include the kids who are both accepted into LIV and receiving LIV services.  For example, one of my kids was eligible but deferred AAP.  The dashboard stats for the school showed 0 AAP kids.  So, they're not including kids who are eligible but aren't participating in AAP.

If you include principal placements in LLIV, it's over 26% receiving LIV AAP services in 3rd-6th grade collectively (from FCAG reports).  These reports are a few years old, and new LLIVs have opened in the meantime, so the number of principal placements is most likely higher.

I don't view a program taking 20% as a selective program, but the argument is moreso one of semantics than anything else.  I know many, many kids in AAP who are bright, good students, but not gifted or exceptional in any way.  [/quote]

Wow. So like a quarter of all FCPS kids get into aap? That’s really...remarkable!

[b]Aren’t most gifted programs like 1 or 2 percent?[/b][/quote]

Which is why someone on this post noted that it's not a GT program by any means ... it's a program for advanced learners (i.e., high achievers!)--there's a BIG difference![/quote]

Either way, I am glad my kid qualified![/quote]

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