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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle schools that don't have AAP will tell parents that honors and AAP are the same. Middle schools that are AAP centers will show parents the difference in the curriculum for each. The schools will have meetings in the spring and will explain the differences.[/quote]

When my DCs were in MS (they are in HS now), the MS said to group of parents, mostly of AAP students, that the two curriculums were the same.  This was an AAP MS.  A parent then made the comment that the student cohort was what made the difference.  [/quote]

I had a different experience. We were given handouts that showed what would be taught in AAP vs. honors. In English, the reading lists for the year were very different and writing assignments in English, social studies and science were held to different standards. Math was outside AAP and accessed through sixth grade testing. We were distinctly told that if our children went to the base middle school rather than the center they would only have access to the honors curriculum and not AAP.
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