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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This just sounds like they're moving in the direction of "local norms". I really doubt they are breaking it down as much as several PP's describe.

Our teacher at a competitive center school said at the very beginning of the year that a kid only with high scores but didn't do the classroom work would NOT be getting in to AAP- because the assumption is the kid is prepping. So... I made sure mine knew to raise hand/participate, do good/thoughtful work etc. DC got a good HOPE rating. [/quote]
That assumption is idiotic.  The kids who are prepping and have very invested parents are going to be the kids who are doing all of the classroom work and are participating fully in class.  The kids with the high test scores who aren't doing the classroom work are much more likely to be the naturally gifted kids who either due to a difficult home life, undiagnosed LDs, sheer boredom, or any number of other factors are checked out and not having their needs met in the general education classroom.  [/quote]

At the end of the day, it's an [u]Advanced[/u] [u]Academic [/u] Program. Why on earth would a student who cannot demonstrate proficiency in basic gen ed work be promoted to a slightly more rigorous curriculum that is no longer geared towards the profoundly gifted? Sounds like a recipe for disaster. [/quote]

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