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Absolutely true.  And the fact that they are identifying these gifted kids in second grade and then glossing over the fact that [b]most of them are no better than any other student by high school [/b]should have led to the abandonment of this silly money waster years ago. [/quote]

Yep.  A motivated high achiever will thrive in any environment, and I can't imagine AAP making a difference at all.  It's also unlikely to help gifted underachievers, since the program isn't really structured as a gifted program and isn't designed to meet those needs.  On top of that, many kids are early peakers (largely boosted by their home environment and SES), while others are late bloomers.  AAP only seeks to help the early peakers, who in many cases are pretty average by middle or high school.

If FCPS wanted meaningful programs, it should have a gifted program for only the 3-5% of FCPS students who are actually gifted.  To meet the needs of the motivated, high achievers, they should create an "advanced language arts" class, just like how they have advanced math.  Kids should be placed flexibly and on an annual basis based on end and beginning of year tests, starting in 2nd or 3rd grade.

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