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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there any studies going on in the district, or the state, to look into the quality of criteria being used to place kids into AAP? It seems to me that if so many children get in, either initially or on appeal, to create a class that is larger than the equivalent non_AAP class, then there is either something wrong with the selection system, or there is something wrong with the regular curriculum. What am I missing here?[/quote]

Something I've been wondering ever since our school wound up being top heavy with AAP kids.  More AAP classes than GE.  Something seems very, very wrong here.[/quote]

Depends on what you mean by "quality of criteria". The AAP program review (available at http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/pdfs/2013GMUReview.pdf) concluded that "FCPS-AAP does not need to change its identification model for FCPS-AAP because this model aligns with best practices and current conceptions of intelligence within the field." (p. 10)[/quote]

Yes, it's ridiculous.  But in the fine print of that report there are moves afoot that could prevent this from happening down the road.  FCPS is looking at redefining critical mass down to 1 class (from 2 classes now, which is so all the little gifted snowflakes will be able to have different kids in their classes from year to year) which would make it easier to turn more elementary schools into AAP centers and get rid of the so-called "need" for busing them to another school to find their intellectual peers. [/quote]

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