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[quote=Anonymous]The expectations at our base school are much lower than at the AAP center.  There is a big difference.  Now, of course you would expect the center to be more "advanced" than a regular classroom, but I see my 3rd grader (in AAP) with spelling words that are harder than my 5th grader's (not AAP).  The advanced math is better in AAP than the adv. math in the base school (not a center or level 4).

As proof -- the SOL pass rates at the base school (with about 10% FARMS) is lower than the SOL pass rates at the AAP Center (with about 45% FARMS).  On Great Schools.org, (now showing the ratings based on last spring's test scores), the AAP center is a 10 (about 1/2 the school is FARMS and ESOL)... but the base school is only a 7.

You tell me -- which school is doing a better job?  Can't be that the AAP students alone are making the AAP Center's rating = 10.  The base school at the center is primarily ESOL/FARMS -- they contributed to the 10.  At our base school (not the center), the income levels are higher and the ESOL pop. is lower, yet the school on the whole is scoring lower.

I wish they would step it up b/c one of my kids is getting a superior education compared to the other.  :([/quote]

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