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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, my upcoming 3rd grader got into 2 GT classes next year.[/quote]

There is no such thing in APS.[/quote]

Fine, my kid got identified in both math and verbal - are you happy.  You're just mad My kid's NNAT > Your Kid's NNAT[/quote]

Uh, no. But thanks for playing. Lovely parting gifts for you backstage and all that...

My point is there's no "GT class" in APS. The designation is not worth anything really at all, at least not in my experience. Considering they hand out the designations like candy in APS, they just build advance work into the curriculum as the default. Other than some invitations to summer programs, nothing really happened to my kid after her designation.[/quote]

I hear this a lot, but it’s difficult for parents to know what the differences are without a side by side comparison of what different kids are working on in class.  One of my kid’s teachers once showed me three variations of an assignment that kids were working on in a 6th grade English class.  Even the kids didn’t necessarily know the difference since it was called “the fillintheblank assignment” for everyone, and adhered to the same rubric and deadlines. But there were differences in the materials the various groups were assigned.[/quote]

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