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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In APS does gifted really mean average - there doesn't seem to be a specific hurdle.  All of the parents we know have children gifted in something - almost like a participation trophy.  [/quote]

30% at some schools like Cardinal. There's magic in that water. Weirdly, that's not the gifted rate at ATS which is in the old McK space. So, must be something else...[/quote]

The ATS rate is higher than Cardinal...what are you saying here? [/quote]

Your quoting me. I had no idea ATS was that high. That's amazing.Like, I'm amazed that a data-driven school has an impossible gifted rate.

I'm a child psychologist and I worked in a summer ADHD program at my university. They used 140 as "gifted". Sometimes in the literature, 130 is used but never is 120 used. Ever. [/quote]

120 is the beginning of an automatic referral, not an automatic identification. Additional data is collected to determine the eligibility and in which area(s). [/quote]

Is that APS-wide or school policy? I’ve never seen a number published by APS. 120 does seem low, what percentile is that? [/quote]

A referral at a 120 and above is an APS wide policy. This is in the 2022-2027 Local Plan for Gifted Education.

1-7.2.2 Gifted Services 1-7.2.2 PIP-1 Gifted Services
The principal with the support of the RTG of each school is responsible for the
screening and identification of students in need of gifted services using the procedures
adopted by the School Board in the APS Local Plan for the Gifted.

All students are considered each year for gifted services for specific academic
aptitude in English, History/Social Science, Mathematics and Science.

• Each school determines a need for gifted services at the elementary, middle,
and high school level.

• Students who achieve a benchmark score of 120 or higher on any subtest of
the universal ability assessment are automatically screened by the school
based screening committee for gifted services.

Entire Local Plan found here: https://www.apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-2027-APS-Gifted-Services-Local-Plan-Final-.pdf
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