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[b]I don't think my example derailed the conversation[/b].  1) It was an example that shows one of the problems of just using SoLs.  2) Sometimes teachers DON'T recognize the brilliance of quirky kids.  They see a kid who does messy work and makes a lot of mistakes.  There's a wide range of perceptiveness in teachers and they have their own biases.  3) Putting a teacher in a role to remove kids from AAP puts a lot of pressure on them and makes them subject to hostility from parents. 4) Putting SoLs in a gatekeeping function will pressure AAP teachers to teach to them more which few AAP parents would want.

I think it would be more effective to use all those measures as an established signal to a parents that it would be recommended to reconsider AAP, but not a requirement.

My kids aren't particularly &quot;quirky&quot;, find school and tests easy, and are both on the higher end of giftedness (WISC&gt;140) so I get the issue you're talking about. My kids are also not at a center where prepping is the norm so I may worry about it less than you.
But I think your proposed solution has too many flaws.[/quote]

PP here.  Sorry. .  I wasn't referring to you with that, but rather all of the Burke and big house vs. schools stuff.

Honestly, the best solution would be to maintain the pace and rigor, and then let kids fail if they don't belong.  Some centers already do this.  Others teach to the lowest common denominator in AAP, which means that the gifted kids get nothing out of the program.  
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