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[quote=Anonymous]AAP is meant to give kids who are excelling in ES a place to learn where the pace moves more quickly and they have a chance to learn at a pace that keeps them engaged. It helps the kids who are at the top of the class by giving them a similar peer group and letting them move more quickly and with more depth in subjects.

It helps Teachers by decreasing the number of kids that they have to differentiate for. It removes a couple of groups from their list so that they should need to differentiate for 3-4 groups instead of 5-6 groups in their class.

It is not the kids fault that some parents see AAP as a status symbol or something that they can brag about. It is not the kids fault that parents have turned ES into a rat race of sorts. The kids should be offered a place where they can learn at a pace that fits them.

Some kids pick up foundational material more quickly then others. Some kids need less repetition to understand concepts. Those kids are at risk of getting bored and becoming uninterested in school when in a class with kids who need the repetition and practice. Most of the kids in Gen Ed will be perfectly capable of taking AP/IB classes when they get to HS because they will have a solid foundation but many kids take longer to build that foundation then the kids who AAP is intended for.

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