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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When FCPS only had 5% in GT, it wasn't a big deal if you weren't in.  A lot of smart kids weren't.  Now that 20% or more are in AAP, it feels like more of an insult for the bright kids who aren't accepted.

AAP outnumbers GE at my center.  The bright kids who are above grade level in math and reading, but weren't deemed "AAP material" absolutely are aware and upset by it.  [/quote]

This is so true. I think 20% or more in AAP is absurd. There is no difference between the middle/bottom AAP and top/middle GE kids, only cause negative morale in those center schools.[/quote]

The biggest problem with 20% of the kids getting in is that even in AAP, teachers will teach to the bottom students in the class.  The bottom is much lower with 20% of the kids in AAP than it was with 5%.   [b]The school and AAP teachers have made it clear that their main focus is on the AAP kids who are merely on grade level, and it's not on providing extensions for the kids who are well above grade level.  [/b][/quote]

Who has made this clear to you? That certainly isnt the case in DC's AAP classes so far. With all this prepping it does seem like some kids are getting in based on falsely high scores. Seems like that needs to be nipped in the bud or AAP needs to start kicking out kids who cant keep up. My nephew is in a gifted program in another part of the country where you have to test in every year. We need to at least only keep the kids whose grades reflect that they can keep up.[/quote]

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