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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason for all the bloat is AAP kids aren't very special.

It's embarrassing when Gen Ed kids do better academically. AAP begrudgingly, eventually, admits the high performers rather than suffer more embarrassment. [/quote]

This is part of it. Whenever I read someone complaining about AAP being “watered down”  for the “truly gifted” child I roll my eyes. [b]I child with a wisc IQ of 137 is actually not that different from a child with an IQ in the above average range[/b]. A kid who has been heavily prepped in math so that he tests 3 years ahead on standardized tests isn’t that different from a kid with an above average IQ.

The midwestern town I’m from has a self contained classroom for kids with math and reading (both. Not just one domain. [b]And an IQ above 140) scores above the 99.8th percentile. Very few of your kids would make the cut[/b]. [/quote]

I agree that very few AAP kids would make the cut for your town's program.  [b]But, there really isn't much of a difference between a WISC 137 and a WISC 140.  It's like one question and a difference between 99.5th and 99.7th percentile.[/b][/quote]

Right. I agree with you. If you had a kid who missed the cutoff by 3 points you might be pretty upset, understandably. Is the 137 kid incapable of holding his own in my town’s program? Probably not. It’s a great, individualized program. Many kids with lower IQs would do well.  There is no criteria that will make everyone happy.

My town’s program is for serving the “exceptionally gifted”. It’s in the program’s title.

AAP is a different ball of wax. I think it benefits more students by serving more students. I agree that if you have a kid who needs more than AAP the onus is on you not the public school. But most of it is just idle hand wringing. Between AAP and the Aops academy and CTY summer camp you’ve signed junior up for your kid is going to be fine. [/quote]

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