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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on the common definition, if a kid's IQ is above 130, she/he is gifted. 
Many kids in AAP are gifted.[/quote]

And most are not.  The [b]truly gifted make up a tiny % of the population[/b], not the masses they admit to AAP.[/quote]

Citation/source, please?[/quote]

Based on a normal distribution if IQ scores, about 2% of the general population would be above this 130 threshold.  Since the DC metro area skews high for IQ (as shown by SAT scores etc) it's not hard to imagine that this 2% number would be higher, perhaps significantly so.  [b]It's probably not possible that 30% of the school age population being admitted to AAP is above this threshold[/b], but I wouldn't be surprised if 5-10% were.[/quote]

No, it's not.[/quote]

The percentage of FCPS being admitted to AAP is not 30%. Around 16% of the FCPS population is in AAP. I think that is consistent with our highly educated area. In any case any "extra" students being admitted would be not the ones who qualified based on FCPS testing and GBRS but the ones who could submit a WISC of 130 or above, so I don't think you could claim that their WISC scores were not high.[/quote]

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