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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In 3rd grade, all the students take the same SOLs, right?

Regarding the bolded, above:  you do realize you're talking about 2nd graders?  It's kind of pathetic that you think the "success" of a 2nd grader is in any way indicative of their success later in school and in life.   :shock:

AAP is absolutely not worth the effort or segregation.  It creates far more problems than it could ever mitigate.[/quote]

You really don't think that school success in the early grades has any predictive power on "success"? Or that kids who are score well a test that is highly correlated with IQ might be more likely to have successful careers than a kid who bombs it, or scores in the average range? Note that we are talking about population averages, not individual students. These tests, while imperfect, are not meaningless.[/quote]

I think that you place waaaay too much emphasis on tests that are taken by 7 and 8 year old children, many of whom have been prepped.  I also think that you don't have any older children (high school and beyond) or you would have already seen how AAP/no AAP plays no role in who is successful and who isn't.  [/quote]

I'm not talking about the affect of AAP on a child, I am suggesting that there is an overall population difference between the group of kids who scored high enough on test, had good/excellent grades, and high enough teacher ratings to be accepted into an advanced program.  Sure, there are kids who are missed, and kids who probably shouldn't be there, as well as abilities that are not measured by the application process. I think however that it is logical to assume that kids who were accepted into AAP are going to at least have greater school success than kids who were not accepted as a population wide average. I don't have to have older kids to recognize that much of a child's personality and abilities are obvious by age 7-8. I can see it in myself, and my siblings and friends growing up.[/quote]

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