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[b]There is excellent data showing that most of the children placed in AAP or gifted programs revert to norm on the IQ scale by the time they graduate high school.[/b] The vast majority of kids, those without pushy parents, are suffering as the best teachers and resources are skimmed off for these supposedly "exceptional" children. Remedial classes and gen ed have been combined to free up AP teachers.[/quote]

revert to the norm on IQ?  How is that possible?  You mean their IQs changed after grades 3-8?   (like the AAP IQ's went down and the Gen. Ed. IQs went up?)   I really would like to see this "excellent data." 
Post this data please.[/quote]

This is believable (at least for those of us that have not created an identity around having an AAP kid), you can teach test taking skills which will improve scores on standardized tests, including IQ tests.  But the real Intelligence Quotient is not in the ability to take a test well, it is in the ability to answer the questions without prepping in advance.

I feel really bad for parents who feel that if their kid is not AAP the school is wrong, the tests was unfair, their kid did not get enough sleep, or whatever other excuse they feel the need to come up with.  AAP is not the key to success, good parenting with adequate emphasis on getting a good education is.  If your kid is "gifted" (which is a curse as much as a blessing) a bad nights sleep is not going to make a difference, the flu would not make a difference.

Gifted kids stick out whether they are teachers pet always needing confirmation they are smart (this is rare in my experience) or the kid who barely pays attention and absorbs all of the information while doodling, reading a book, or otherwise ignoring the lesson.  If you have one of these kids you know the parenting challenges they bring, especially if you have another child who is not gifted.  If your kid needs to study for AAP class tests they are not gifted.  If they don't study get A's and the teacher has to call you in because they are never focused in class and while they are not directly disruptive other kids see the smartest kid in class reading a book during the lecture and that sets a bad example, your kid is likely gifted.  If the teachers tell you how they are struggling to come up with ways to challenge your child because she finishes the "challenging" problems too quickly in class, the ones that the other kids are taking home for homework, your kid is gifted.  If the AAP teacher requests a conference to try to come up with a strategy to keep your son challenged and engaged, your child is gifted.  A gifted child has special needs that are mostly unmet unless you are lucky enough to have a teacher that appreciates your child's needs, this means the teacher has a special needs child of their own most often (meaning a gifted child or a child with a disability), though we have had teachers that made an effort that just liked the challenge our child posed.[/quote]

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