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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it funny that all the siblings in many of the families are all gifted--even though they have vastly different intelligence and personalities.

That should tell you something right there.

This is a school where all of the parents have advanced graduate and professional degrees--yet it's just the same families in the program.

Statistically, that isn't even possible.[/quote]

It's actually very common and normal. Sibling IQs tend to be within 10 points of each other. [/quote]

Newsflash: So are 90% of the children at any of the N. Arlington school's.  Not just your family members.  90% of could meet the criteria the school uses for gifted.  It's the idea that only certain families (3, 4, 5 siblings) all magically are accepted at 5.[/quote]

Then Arlington uses a pretty low standard. The standard should be top 2%. Move.[/quote]

It's because those families with lots of kid know the system.

APS is over-crowded.

The bar for determining a Kindergartner is GT is extremely low and highly subjective.  If a kid went to an academic vs a play-based preschool there is a big difference at entry-level--even when studies show the play-based preschool will begin to quickly eclipse the traditional preschool kid by 3rd grade.

Once the 5-year old (fucking ridiculous) gets this label it's with them for life no matter how poorly they score on standardized tests in the later years or how they actually perform in the classroom/grades.

Our school puts these designated GT-kids at the top of the line for services from there out.  They fill the high group math and high group classes with GT kids even when those kids have test scores much, much lower and lower grades than a kid whose parents didn't did the phony pony show or lobby for GT at age 5-6.

So now the much smarter kid is squeezed out of services and a spot in the accelerated 5th grade classes.  By middle school and HS this child will be behind these same kids for advanced algebra, AP classes, etc.

Sound fair or legit?

All based on one nitwits judgement of the intellect of a kid just a few years out of diapers.

This is why some of those families have every kid designated as soon as they enter the system, They knew what was at stake down the pipe and that this same kid most likely will have a much harder time getting that designation down the pipe.

Those that thought objective criteria would be used are screwed.
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