Are kids from same school reviewed together for AAP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes and it's stupid and dare I say inequitable? I am confident my child would have gotten into AAP at our old school (lower average income school with a good amount of native Spanish-speakers), but we moved to a wealthier area and my child was rejected (and rejected on appeal) last year despite 130+ on the NNAT and COGAT, 99th percentile scores in iReady math, and good grades. We didn't bother this year. It appears that the only difference nowadays is advanced math anyway, and that's really not a big deal to us.

Given the watered down nature of AAP now and your experience in two schools with different demographics, do you find the school in the wealthier area offers your child an elevated curriculum as is often asserted? It seems like you might be in a position to evaluate this hypothesis. If your child is in advanced math in the current (wealthier) school, do you supplement in other areas? Just curious.

No, I don't think that the curriculum is any different at this school than it was at our old school, but it's possible that there is less differentiation required across the whole group of children than at our old school. That said, one of my children is in a class with a lot of disruptive kids, they get in trouble a lot and the teacher just cannot handle them. That happens in every school, regardless of socioeconomic status.

We requested (using the official form) Level III and advanced math, but only received Level II (I don't get it, my kid's scores are really high). We don't supplement, because I don't think it's necessary and my child likes math and I want to keep it that way!

[Anonymous]

What score is needed generally for advanced math? What about level III?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What score is needed generally for advanced math? What about level III?

That’s determined by your local elementary