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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh sweetie, AAP is not a gifted program. It is a program for children who test well and whose teachers like them a lot. That's literally it.[/quote]

And who have mommies who do special projects for them to submit to the selection committee.[/quote]

How many studies tracked "gifted" students from Elementary School to Adult Life and just to find out most live an average life?  No test can determine greatness and yet we play the game.

How many NFL coaches review College Quarterbacks to barely find a mediocre Quarterback?  They have years of video footage, they can bring them to the stadium and test them personally - yet most drafted Quarterbacks don't last. And we believe a simple test will determine: gifted.

Michael Jordan himself couldn't get a try out at UCLA - I'm sure he's considered gifted.   
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Yes and no.

Standardized testing is the best predictor we have of lifetime outcomes but it is not a perfect predictor.  [/quote]

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