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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I liked the policy. My senior failed 2 calculus tests initially, went over the mistakes with his teacher, studied again with a better knowledge, and got As. He wouldn't have mastered the content without the opportunity. [/quote]

+1.  This is the stated aim of the policy.  Understand completely what the negatives are, and especially why it's unpopular with some teachers.  It's the changing of it halfway through a school year that should not be allowed.  There are kids, mine included, who made a decision to stay in a class instead of dropping it, partly because of this policy - in fact it was his teacher who pointed it out and encouraged him to stay.  That decision impacts the entire school year.  Fine if you want to change this - can definitely see pros and cons.  But what other policy has APS ever approved in June for the following school year and then changed halfway through? [/quote]

It's been our experience that the slower learning kids are taking up the vast majority of class time and office hours for teachers even in so-called intensified classes in ms/hs because of the terrible APS gifted/push-in policy. (As the principal of one hs program told me when I expressed my concern about the high variance of ability in gifted classes, "more than half our students are identified as gifted.")

Thus more difficult material is glanced over in class right before the test so kids cannot properly prepare for math/science tests. The retake afforded them the opportunity to know what they should have been taught so they could study properly. [/quote]

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