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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If AAP were for the top 1%, wouldn't they need a new curriculum? It doesn't seem like the current curriculum would really cut it.[/quote]

AAP has not been for the top 1% of students since 1964.  It is a total fantasy to think that FCPS is going to drop the program down to 1% or even 5% any time soon. It just is not going to happen.

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Advanced Academic Programs (a/k/a AAP, AAP Level 4 Center, Gifted and Talented, or GT) in Fairfax County Public Schools
[url]http://www.fcag.org/gtfcps.html[/url]

[b]In 1964, FCPS created a GT Center program for about 1% of the 3rd through 8th grade students.[/b]  [b]The Center program expanded fairly quickly to include about 5% of 3rd through 8th grade students[/b], who were selected based on ability test scores.  In 1993, FCPS began admitting students to the GT Center program based on a combination of test scores, a Gifted Behaviors Rating Scale form, and other information.   [/quote]

The expansion was around 1971.  It was a much saner time.  And, to be honest, most of the kids in the program at that time were just kids who tested well in a range of categories, but blended right back into the general population once they got into high school.  No TJHSST and far fewer Tiger Moms back then.

You should have been there.

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