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2) Sometimes teachers DON'T recognize the brilliance of quirky kids.  They see a kid who does messy work and makes a lot of mistakes.  There's a wide range of perceptiveness in teachers and they have their own biases.  3) Putting a teacher in a role to remove kids from AAP puts a lot of pressure on them and makes them subject to hostility from parents. 4) Putting SoLs in a gatekeeping function will pressure AAP teachers to teach to them more which few AAP parents would want.
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So[b] testing is fine, as long as it's only done once[/b] and any mistake admitting a kid into the program is never acknowledged? [/quote]

+1. Point 2 and 3 are both problems with the initial admissions process in 2nd grade.  At least the AAP teacher should have more training with gifted kids than the 2nd grade teacher.  Also, at least they would have evidence that the kid is not performing well in AAP rather than speculation about whether a 2nd grader may or may not do well in AAP.

Point 4 already happens at some AAP centers.  My kids had an entire month devoted to SOL review, with huge review packets for both math and language arts.  In 3rd grade, they completely glossed over Ancient Rome and Greece to add more SOL review time.  [/quote]

The CoGAT and NNAT (so 2x) are at least designed to test for high aptitude.  SoLs are not.  GBRS added in--which is an instrument which is structured to measure gifted behaviors and has been found reliable when used by general education teachers.  They also include the perspective of the AART who is certified in gifted ed.   
The schools have a lot to focus on--a process for kicking it out the few kids in AAP who don't pass SoLs is just not worth it IMO.[/quote]

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