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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP is moving to setting the pool based on the scores of the top 10% at each school so that the top kids in each school are automatically considered. Parents and Teachers can still refer so kids at the higher SES schools that do not fall into that top 10% can still be considered. It should mean that AAP starts to reflect the schools and Centers population more accurately. [/quote]m
How would that solve the issue of having some high income powerhouse centers and low income centers in name only?  It almost seems to do the opposite of equity.[/quote]

How it affected? At least at my kids center, AAP used to have up to 4 class rooms but only 2 since last year. So, basically, number of AAP students are cut in half and a lot less asians than before. I know a few kids, almost all are asian, who scored both cogat and nnat well above 132 didn't get into AAP. So, I would assume teacher input plays a critical role and fcps is probably doing some racial profiling as well.  [/quote]

This is the first year they used the model so it won't affect the number of classes until next year.

We all know that GBRSs play a large role in who is accepted or not. The 10% change is only to the tests scores used to identify who is in-pool and won't require a referral for the program. Lower SES schools are likely to have a lower in-pool score to catch more of the top kids for that school and not have to rely as much on Teacher recommendations for kids who don't hit that 132 score that had become the norm for in-pool. It does meant that schools that have higher SES kids and a larger number of kids in pool at that 132 bar will have fewer kids in-pool so more parents will have to refer from those schools.[/quote]

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