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High grades is not a major factor for admission. It doesn’t show gifted behavior nor does it show thinking out of the box. It shows the child is learning grade level work. [/quote]

I agree, but this is part of the problem with the current system.  If your child's report card states that (s)he is receiving above grade level instruction in both math and language arts, and if your child is receiving almost all 4's in those subjects, then your child should continue receiving above grade level services.  Unfortunately, if that child is rejected from AAP, there's no guarantee that such services will be available.  My child chose to remain at the base school for Level III, rather than attend the center.  Math has been fine, since the base school offers advanced math.  For language arts, however, there were only two kids above grade level lin my child's class.  So, my child was lumped in with a few kids who weren't quite above grade level, spent half of the year receiving on-grade level materials rather than above, and spent the bulk of language arts time doing free reading rather than receiving any instruction.

If your child is thriving while receiving above grade level work, the committee needs to consider what will happen to that child if (s)he is left in GE.  In many schools, after the AAP kids leave, there isn't enough critical mass of advanced students to continue offering above grade level work to those students who need it.  [/quote]

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