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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wondered about this when my kid was going through the program. Annual reevaluation for all kids would be a waste of time and overkill, but kids who are consistently failing the SOLs and unable to keep up with the work should be kicked out. On the flip side, passing advanced on both SOLs and getting 4s across the board should be a guaranteed in. There are very few kids who pass advanced on both reading and math who couldn't handle the pace and curriculum of AAP.[/quote]

My kid failed to get in (we didn’t prep and he didn’t care about school or tests when he was 6-7 years old) but in 3rd grade he was excelling in the regular classroom and was extremely confused and upset as to why he wasn’t in the advanced class.  (Local level 4 at his school.). He got 4s across the board and pass advanced both SOLs so in 4th he was principal placed into AAP and he excelled in that class as well.

He is not gifted, although he is certainly above average in terms of intelligence.  But that’s the case for the vast majority of kids in AAP.  It’s not actually a gifted program even though many parents are desperate to pretend it is.  Any reasonably smart, motivated kid can easily do the work and keep up.[/quote]

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