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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so confused about the difference between AAP, Level III, and Advanced Math. I have a child entering 4th grade who was rejected from AAP last year and we didn't apply again this year, however DC is really good at math - 99th percentile ready and COGAT qualitative, gets every question right on tests and HW, so we'd like to look into getting into advanced math but I do not understand (and no one from the school is willing to explain) how advanced math works at our FCPS ES. Like what qualifies a child to get in and is advanced math separate from AAP? DC is currently getting Level II math pull outs, which from what I can tell, is nothing.[/quote]

AAP Level 4: All content is supposed to be taught at an advanced level, including math. Full time, self contained classroom (most of the time--some schools do an integrated model). All "center" AAP classrooms are self contained.
AAP Level 3: Pull out services. Problem solving, enrichment challenges, higher order thinking
Advanced math: Any child can be placed in advanced math, regardless of AAP level. It could look like pushing into an AAP room for math block, switching teachers during the math rotation to get all the advanced math kids in one room if there's a critical mass of them, or the teacher differentiating and offering a different math lesson to those who are ready for it if there's not.

Generally it starts in 3rd grade. They do all of third grade and half of 4th grade math in 3rd, half of 4th and all of 5th in 4th, and then move up to 6th grade math in 5th grade. It gives kids math 7 in elementary school, allowing them to move to either prealgebra or algebra 1 in 7th.

If you want it, reach out to the principal (now) and your child's teacher (in August) and ask what the procedure is to be evaluated for advanced math. Sounds like it shouldn't be an issue.[/quote]

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