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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Badgering the teacher is inappropriate, but overly weighting the GBRS is also inappropriate.  I've said this in other threads, but there shouldn't even be a need for a selection panel for AAP.  Any kid who has 2 out of the 3 of the following should be admitted into AAP: 
-test scores above 98th percentile
-achievement test scores showing that the kid is above grade level in both math and language arts
-teacher endorsement

It's beyond ridiculous for kids with 99th percentile test scores and very high iready scores to be rejected from AAP.  [/quote]

AAP shouldn’t be determined appropriate for any student on the basis of test scores alone, regardless of the score/percentile. Likewise it shouldn’t be possible on GBRS alone (there needs to be a reasonable lower bound on test scores).[/quote]

If a kid has 98th percentile + scores on ability tests and is also above grade level in all subjects, you really don't think that's good enough to access a mildly accelerated program that admits 20% of the FCPS students?  It somehow to you makes more sense to keep them in gen ed, where they will be barred from accessing above grade level content?

If a kid has high CogAT scores and is above grade level in everything, but has a low GBRS, it's more likely that the teacher is biased than it is that the student doesn't belong in AAP.  [/quote]

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