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[quote=Anonymous]  Rather than build more centers, they should put some money into making it a true gifted program. (I do not have a child in AAP so no dog in this fight other than knowing too many stressed out kids who were pushed and pressured into the program). Vary the test enough each year that it would be near impossible to study for it if this is even possible. I am sure parents would be up in arms if they think their kid got an unfair test. Also, not sure if they should consider the WISC unless that also varies year to year. They also need to hire good lawyers so parents cannot intimidate by threatening lawsuit.

I understand there are bad testers. Perhaps if multiple teachers strongly feel your kid belongs in AAP that should be a factor. I say multiple, because occasionally I think teachers feel intimidated by the parents, and while it's hopefully rare, I would assume there are always going to be people who can be influenced by expensive gifts from the parents. (Had a coworker that gave every teacher $200 before they had to fill out recommendations for one of the tech schools-not sure if it was Jefferson. All but one teacher accepted the gift, rather than seeing it as a conflict of interest.)

Also, FYI manipulating the system dates pretty far back. I had a friend who's mom did this back in the 80s. Her scores did not come close to meeting criteria and she was not a particularly good student either. I don't know what her parents did to get her in, but she did say her dad is a lawyer and he got involved. It was much more rare for parents to push a kid into AAP and manipulate back then, but it was not unheard of. Same kid dropped out of college. True story. Not saying...this is what will happen if you push into AAP. I am just saying AAP does not mean the gates of Harvard will open up.[/quote]

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