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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she not a strong reader and can't write why is she in AAP?[/quote]

+1  They must have a low bar. So what does that say about AAP?[/quote]

Agh! Not the case. Scored very high (without prepping) on Cogat in math and logic and has an extroverted independent personality.[/quote]

I wonder why on earth AAP isn't spread out among all the kids.  For instance, in Gen Ed there are lots of kids who excel at writing, reading, math, you name it.  But because they aren't strong in all skills, they aren't in AAP.  But it sounds like there are also kids in AAP who aren't strong at everything either.  So why the need to segregate students into one group or another?  Why not make "advanced" classes fluid, for all kids to be able to excel at their strengths?  The current system is so out of whack.[/quote]

Good question.  I'm the PP with the kid who is good in math/logic/reading but not writing... ironically, my older child who excels in writing and reading, but not quite as strong in math just missed the cut off for the AAP pool.  Older child went through a rough patch initially with adv. math at the base school in 3rd grade, but now has settled into it (it was also ironic that she was even placed into adv. math when it was the math/nnat scores that kept her OUT of AAP -- but that's the only "advanced" class offered at the base school, so that's where they put her).  Now we wonder if older child might have been a better fit for the full AAP curriculum based on the writing requirements (even though younger child tested better)!

If they aren't going to better match adv. classes to kids' abilities, it would be nice if the screening tests better assessed the skills needed for the curriculum. [/quote]

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