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I am an FCPS teacher, and I see lots of kids who were not AAP go on to AP classes and amazing colleges. It's mostly about hard work, regardless of what elementary program you land in. AAP doesn't mean much in the long run. [/quote]

It's not just about hard work, though.  The correlation between being in the top 3% at age 7 and being in the top 3% in high school is much weaker than people would like to think.  Some kids are early peakers, and others are late bloomers.  This study shows that over half of the kids who test in the top 3% one year will fail to land in the top 3% the following year.  https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ746292.pdf

I'm not sure what the solution is for this with respect to AAP.  The holistic approach should help somewhat, in that high test scores + high academic performance is more reliable than high test scores alone.  Still, labeling kids as "gifted" or "not gifted" at age 7, and then having that label stick for another 6 years could be damaging for those kids who are early peakers or later bloomers.  [/quote]

Spot on. [/quote]

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