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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^If the student receiving general education services shows gifted potential, the child should receive appropriate services.[/quote]

That's the problem, you need to show gifted potential, so the child in Gen Ed who is very bright but not gifted gets shafted.  That is the whole problem with the system.  The "my kid is a genius and yours is not so doesn't need anything beyond basic gen ed" people don't realize that the reason their geniuses have to mixed with so many kids in AAP who are just not up to snuff is because of the huge gap in services. While my DC scored in the 90s on all three section of the CogAT, he's not a genius.  If Gen Ed had better services, I would have kept him on our base school and been perfectly happy.  Instead, he's in with your kids.  While he's "thriving" (sarcasm intended), he's not gifted.  If you want only gifted kids with your snowflake, start advocating for better services for the very bright but not gifted kid because otherwise parents will refer and appeal their kid until your kids become the minority in "their" program.  Win for kids like me DC, a loss for your kid.  I'm ok with that, are you?[/quote]

Not sure who you are posting to, but I can assure you I have been advocating for improved Level II and Level III services, in additition to fidelity of implementation.[/quote]

Not PP, but I am so sick of hearing bogus labels like "Level II and Level III services".  No one even knows exactly what that means, so there's no real way of knowing if any enrichment at all is taking place.  There needs to be an advanced curriculum, open to any child capable of doing the work, regardless of test scores like CogAT, etc.  Those truly don't tell the whole story and unless you actually let a child try a certain curriculum, you'll never really know if they're capable of it or not.  And so, so many kids in Gen Ed are.   In addition to advanced classes, open to all, there should be on-level classes.  Simplify the whole system - no need for this silly Level II, III, and IV crap.  [/quote]

Bogus labels? It's part of the continuum of services. Not bogus labels.[/quote]

It's bogus because what level II or level III means varies by school and by teacher.  It's bogus because level III in some places means kids get pulled out 1 hour per week to do "special projects" while level IV kids get full time advanced instruction.  I'm not sure I would call that a "continuum" of services given the huge gap between the two.  Look up the definition of continuum.  [/quote]

What you just described is fidelity of implementation. And I know about the continuum -- I have been heavily involved in AAP for the past 10 years.

Level II, Level III, and Level IV have access to the same curriculum and resources. How it is implemented varies from school to school -- "fidelity of implementation" is the issue.

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/famework/Grade3.pdf

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/famework/Grade4.pdf

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/famework/Grade5.pdf

http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/famework/Grade6.pdf

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Thanks for stating that you've been heavily involved in AAP for the past 10 years.  You clearly have the party line down about Level II , Level III, and Level IV have access to the same curriculum and resources.  That is the lip service that FCPS feeds parents so they can sit on their hands about fixing the huge disparity among the levels.  You can show as much paperwork as you want, and call is fidelity of implementation as many time as you'd like, I call it utter BS.[/quote]

+1000
I love all the buzzwords FCPS puts out there about AAP - "fidelity of implementation, continuum of services, 21st century thinking skills, ongoing opportunities for reflection and self-assessment that develop an understanding of the characteristics, demands, and responsibilities of advanced intellectual development"  It's really all just a bunch of BS, but the AAP parents eat it right up.  [/quote]

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