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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok...if you are not a troll, you would know about measurement errors.  My DD scored below 135 on the cogAT.  But, it was one measurement.   You would understand how difficult it is to measure giftedness at a young age.  So, FCPS standards for AAP are "potentially" gifted.

So, my DD, with her 122 CogAT in grade 2, showed potential as a gifted student, according to her teachers (1 & 2 grade).  We referred...she was admitted.

She is in the upper quarter (at worst) in AAP in the 8th grade, with straight A's.  (Last year she her only B was band).  Had she been in GenEd, she would easily be the smartest kid in the classroom.

I have not bothered to have her tested recently (like ever), there is no point.  She will achieve what she achieves.  He goal in schools in Va Tech (where I went).  Though, I think UVA or W & M would be a better fit for her.  The point, though, is she is doing fine.  I can not say how she would be doing in GenED.[/quote]

PP above demonstrated the benefit of doubts -- why withheld education opportunities for kids that could thrive?  DS teacher told me that DS is always going to be on the borderline.  He scored 85% when he was tested for 2nd grade math competency at the beginning of 2nd grade, this shows that he knows 85% of the math content for 2nd grade without going through 2nd grade.  That for me is a very good indication that he can do more, but this teacher said, she will only give him enrichment for those areas that she thinks he is good and not for other areas that she thinks he is not ahead.  Why don't just give him all the enrichment and see how he runs with them?  Likewise, why don't just expose all kids to AAP level math and don't predetermine who "deserves" those enrichment.  If the kids want to meet the challenge, why not?  [/quote]

PRECISELY.  And I would add, why not expose all kids to ALL advanced level subjects and see who can do it?  What's the point of keeping enrichment away from any child?[/quote]

Do you seriously not understand this? Do you think it's fair to the advanced kids to have to be paced with the average or remedial kids? Makes no sense to put a child in a class where they can't keep up.[/quote]

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