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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm just trying to keep the facts straight. Whether having 20% of the student body designated as Level IV and 25% receiving level IV services is a good thing or a bad thing is an entirely different debate. It's also a huge distortion to act as if 20% of the student population is within the top 2% intellectually. I'll freely admit that my AAP child is a bright, motivated student, but isn't gifted under any strict definition. That child seems to be very middle of the pack in AAP. The only reason she "needs" AAP is that all of the other similarly bright, motivated, non-gifted children are also in AAP. It's not necessarily a bad thing that AAP casts a very broad net and gives expanded curriculum to so many kids, but it should be acknowledged that it is a very broad net.[/quote]

This has been my experience with my AAP kid, too. He's intelligent. I don't think he falls into the vague category called "gifted," though. About 80% of his AAP class is similar: intelligent but probably not in need of special services in the form of AAP.

I'm truly grateful for the expanded curriculum, additional teacher one-on-one time, and creative freedom he receives in AAP. I wish other kids who weren't in AAP received those opportunities, too, and I wish there wasn't this sad, status-seeking race every year to get our kids into the program.[/quote]

What additional one on one time? If anything AAP students get less teachers helping them out.[/quote]

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