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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our family has been at our elementary school since 2015. Every year we only have 2-5 students who qualify for the level 4 center school. I've always suspected it's because our AART is a hot mess. I already suspected this and then heard her incredibly lame teaching during virtual school.

So this past year we got a new AART and this year TWELVE students made it into the Level 4 program. I think it's a combo of good teaching but mainly a better job putting together packets. And MUCH better communication with parents about the application process.

Just anecdotal evidence about how flawed getting into AAP is and how much[b] it favors people who are in schools with good AARTs[/b] and [b]parents who know how to apply.[/b] [/quote]

Yes to the first bolded.  No to the second.  A good AART should not only be able to assemble strong packets, but should also be identifying kids for Young Scholars, urging them to apply, calling any parents of kids who didn't make the pool but are still strong AAP prospects, and doing teacher referrals for the kids of parents who don't understand the system.  If a school has a good AART, parents don't need to "know how to apply."  They will be walked through the process, or the school will do teacher referrals.

There is no correlation between good AARTs and the SES of the school.  My kids' Title I school has a wonderful AART who runs a ton of enrichment programs, has a strong Young Scholars program, and routinely gets around 20% of the 2nd grade class accepted to AAP.  [/quote]

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