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I like the holistic approach. I don’t think a high score should automatically get you in. There are always ways to beat the test. I think looking at work samples and teacher comments is important too.[/quote]

I think the holistic approach is the reason so many slightly above average kids are in AAP, slowing down the curriculum for everyone else.  UMC kids with involved parents who are providing enrichment are going to have relatively strong classroom performance and better work products, which in turn gets them into programs like AAP.  [/quote]

DP.  I like the inclusion of so many above average kids in AAP.  Maybe it slows down the curriculum, slighting my "actually gifted" kid academically, but it gives him a larger cohort, which has more value.  [/quote]

As long as they are not excluding kids that actually have the scores to get in. [/quote]

It’s got to be more than just test scores. The kids have to show some kind of creative thinking, or work product, or have a teacher review![/quote]

It should be test scores and grades, plus a category where teachers can recommend kids who don't have the scores and grades.  AAP really doesn't require any more creative thinking than Gen Ed.  People are hung up on creative thinking and exhibiting the traits the GBRS asks about when the program really is just an honors program.  Until FCPS starts actually administering it as a gifted program, the real question is whether a kid can do accelerated work, not if he exhibits gifted behavior.  [/quote]

Except you’re forgetting one thing -the AAP curriculum isn’t just accelerated work. It does indeed require more creative thinking. What the central office puts out for AAP teachers to use are indeed higher level thinking activities and units. [/quote]

Nothing that requires any more creativity or higher level thinking than an honors class.  Many want to feel the program is somehow more special than an honors program, but it really isn't.  Honors classes in middle and high school also have honors extensions.  Are you an AAP teacher?  If so, do you really think the curriculum is beyond your above average/not gifted student?[/quote]

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