Level II AAP?
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Anonymous
| How common is Level II AAP designation for first graders? |
Anonymous
| Very common. Everyone is basically level 2 |
Anonymous
| It depends on the school. Our AART specifically said they are very sparing with LII. In most schools it's pretty meaningless anyway. It was described to us as the in-class differentiation a good teacher would do regardless. |
Anonymous
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Not common. Our school is a Language immersion school so none of the LI kids were offered LII services in first grade. That is the first year in the language and the focus is on building the new language skills for everyone. I know a few kids were offered LII services in second grade. We had a parent ask at the end of the year party in first grade what LII was because they got a letter about LII services for 2nd grade and a few other parents said they got the same letter. It seemed like there were 5 families that said they had received the letter, so 6 in total because I didn't say anything.
LII and LIII are school dependent. I am sure there are schools who ahve a lot of kids receiving LII services. I would guess those are schools were there is a drive to be in LIV and parents are sending emails to the Teacher or AART asking about it. I don't know of anyone at my kids school who has applied for LII or LIII service but I read about people doing that on this board. I know that my kids school had about 30 kids in Advanced Math in 5th and 6th grade, there are 72 kids in his grade. I know that the school used SOL scores, iReady scores, and an assessment at the beginning of the year to determine Advanced Math placement for kids who were not LIV qualified. |
Anonymous
Agree that it depends. At our school it is specifically viewed as a "talent development pool" for kids they think might need full-time AAP. By 2nd grade the AART actually pulls the kids out and works with them on things that will eventually become their school-submitted work samples for the AAP application packet (in K and 1st level II is meaningless at our school). I think the cut-off is effectively 90th percentile iReady in either subject (so if you have >90th percentile iReady in reading you get reading, math you get math, both you get both), or teacher recommendation in a subject. You can also parent refer if you really want. |
Anonymous
| OP here thanks for the info. My DD was in it this year and we got a letter for next year (2nd). Her iReadys were consistently 99% for reading and 95+% for math. |
Anonymous
| At our ES, nobody received Level II services until second grade. Only a handful of kids in my child's class got Level II pull outs. Like 5 out of 29 children (yes it was a huge class). |
Anonymous
| I was told that in first grade, it didn’t matter a ton but they would use the designation more in second grade to start forming groups to prepare for Level III and Level IV AAP. The AART will have more involvement in second grade. |
Anonymous
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At our language immersion school my child started level II from K. There were pull outs once a week starting in 1st, and in classroom extra work. They also had a AAP notebook , and time in class to work on extra work. The homework sheets were also different from non level II students.
But it is all school dependent. You should ask when you meet the teacher how will level II work in their class. |
Anonymous
| I think it's going to be school dependent because level 2 is run by each school. |
Anonymous
Title 1 schools have more money and staff to support this. |
Anonymous
| My kids are designated level two and level three. The school does nothing for them. |
Anonymous
That sucks |