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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]U.S. Schoolchildren Lag Asian Peers on Academic Tests[/b]
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-11/u-dot-s-dot-schoolchildren-lag-asian-peers-on-academic-tests

[b]Math, science scores for some US students improving, but lag behind many in Asia, Europe[/b]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/math-science-scores-for-some-us-students-improving-but-lag-behind-many-in-asia-europe/2012/12/11/ba32fb7e-4371-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html

[b]The U.S. must start learning from Asia[/b]
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/07/school.results.us.asia.desai/index.html?iref=allsearch

[b]U.S. students continue to trail Asian students in math, reading, science[/b]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-students-continue-to-trail-asian-students-in-math-reading-science/2012/12/10/4c95be68-40b9-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html

[b]US 8th graders fail to score in global top 10 for math and science[/b]
http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/11/3753992/us-math-science-performance

[b]Study: Asian countries outpace U.S. in science, math[/b] 
http://www.ocregister.com/news/science-380278-students-math.html
[b]
International Tests Show East Asian Students Outperform World As U.S. Holds Steady [/b]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/international-tests-show-_n_2273134.html

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Um, what's your point?  AAP is now serving a large group of students.  Admitting a few under-represented minorities who show promise into the clasee isn't going to hurt anyone.  The AAP classes are really not that advanced.  They work one grade level above.  In my kid's general education class, many of the students work one grade above.  I'm sure some of the minority students could handle it, even if they don't have the exact test scores to normally be admitted.[/quote]

The point is that in the name of equity we shouldn't allow the FCPS or BofEduction lower the curricular standards - especially for the smart kids since these kids are easy to teach - so that the FCPS curriculum at least holds it's own with the one-grade-level up threshold.  If the equity folks win out we start along the path of montgommery county and DCPS where the curriculum is set for the lowest common denominator so that "all segments" can score well and then the standards for the curriculum will be even more world-losing.  That's basically what is happening in the suburb-next-door of montgommery county and we shouldn't let the groupthink affect our FCPS staff even if demographic changes in the counties nudge people into complacently taking this groupthink point of view.

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