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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]17:21 PP here, and I wonder whether there is some method to the madness of which kids who deserve AAP are kept out.  My kid who didn't get in scored pass advanced on every SOL, with perfect scores on most, was consistently above grade level in all subjects, got a 99th percentile IAAT, straight As in middle and high school, and 5s on a bunch of AP exams.  This kid is one who is very cooperative in the classroom, makes effective use of time, and even in gen ed was generally helpful or kept themselves quietly occupied with reading.  I mean, the AART said my kid should have been admitted, and the GBRS was perfect, so it's not like the school sabotaged my kid, but I wonder whether the central committee rejects certain kids that they think would be an asset to the gen ed teacher.

My other kid who got admitted to AAP would have been disruptive and difficult in gen ed, and would not have made the teacher's life any easier.  [/quote]

If people really think this happens then how can we trust the process at all? [/quote]

Yep, the lack of transparency leads to a little bit of craziness on the part of parents, [b]especially since it's way easier to conclude that your kid belongs in the top 20 %[/b] (cf when it was 2-5% and "gifted" and it was more common to conclude those kids were outlier/brainiacs).[/quote]

I get that. It's partly because it's a larger group but also because everyone thinks their kids are above average![/quote]

most parents know their kids are not geniuses but more parents think their kids are in the top 20% of pretty much everything

I was a coach for years and about 90% of the parents thought their kids were above average players and about half thought their kids were in the top 10-20% (all-stars) but if you asked if their kid was the best player on the team, most of them were honest and could point to another player that was better.[/quote]

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