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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It really doesn’t matter. The “gifted services”  at APS are lip service. At Williamsburg, my kid’s teacher didn’t even know they were identified as gifted at parent teacher conferences when I asked about differentiation. It’s just in place to make striver Arlington parents feel better. I believe APS is mostly able meet the needs of children who are gifted in Math, but English is a joke.
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At least in elementary, math isn’t differentiated in any meaningful way, either. It’s a complete farce. The English curriculum actually looks like it could differentiate if someone attempted to do it.

I had no idea how terrible APS was for gifted education and I am so sad at our experience. [/quote]

+1 It is bad.  Early on, we were told to sit tight and wait for 3rd grade.  We never saw any differentiation at all in elementary.  They need to stop pretending there’s a “program.”[/quote]
They don’t. It’s gifted services [/quote]

Okay, fine.  Poor usage of program on my part.  If someone could point me toward these gifted services?

I realize each school varies in approach, but it’s ridiculous to pretend that any real service is being provided by the quarterly whole class visits by the RTG.  And that was the extent of gifted services at our APS elementary.

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My kid gets pulled in a group by the RTG once or twice a week. [/quote]

And your child's RTG is not using the model promoted by APS, which unfortunately sends the wrong message when things aren't done with fidelity across the county. APS Gifted Services makes it very clear all over their website that APS does not have a pull out program.[/quote]

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