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[quote=Anonymous]From the FCPS website:

Students receive a highly challenging instructional program in the four core subject areas

English Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
The highly challenging instructional program follows the FCPS Program of Studies. Differentiation in the depth, breadth, and pace of instruction places a strong emphasis on higher-level thinking skills.

The curriculum offers advanced learners an appropriate level of challenge through adaptations. There is a strong emphasis on:

Higher-level thinking
Problem-solving
Decision-making
Teachers create and implement units of study that lead to an understanding of the concepts, themes, and issues that are fundamental to the core subject areas and that lead to an appreciation for relationships within and among content.

Students pursue independent investigations and ongoing research appropriate to the disciplines. Students have ongoing opportunities for reflection and self-assessment. This allows for the characteristics, demands, and responsibilities of advanced intellectual development.

***This is 100% different from students with 99th percentile scores having other high level peers in their class.  The changes to the cutoff for COGAT/nnat scores to local school scores was to limit the number of students from the AAP Program.  It makes zero sense that students scoring in the 99th percentile don’t qualify for this highly challenging curriculum.  The committee lowered scores to catch a wider pool of students from under-represented schools and ALSO limited the number of students that should actually qualify who have 98th/99th percentile scores at higher SES schools.[/quote]

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