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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The standards have been relaxed as there are a lot of parents now who get their kids in through drastic test prep and/or appeal. That doesn't necessarily mean the child doesn't belong in the program (they could just test poorly, or be a pain in the neck and have that reflected in their GBRS), but there is a good fraction of the kids who are doing only so so academically in AAP, and others who are just struggling. It's up to the parents to decide whether they prefer the kid to be somewhat lost in a more advanced class or doing really well in a regular class.[/quote]

This makes no sense.  If there has been drastic test prep to get the kids score up... then the standards haven't been relaxed at all.   The kid just raised their score above the standard.
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The point is that marginally qualified kids who are prepped to death to pass those two tests must then be accomodated in the AAP classroom. There is no time to prep them to death for every single assessment they're going to have in the classroom once they're in. So some of them really struggle, and the level has to go down somewhat to fit the average for that classroom.[/quote]

[list]Really?!  This program is no harder than the regular curriculum.  In fact it is exactly the same.  Stop kidding yourself.  [/quote]

That's why the Cluster Superintendent in McLean is seeking to change all of the curriculum in the pyramid -- because it is "exactly the same."  LOL![/quote]

[list]Good luck with that.[/quote]

http://lorton.patch.com/articles/curriculum-plan-raises-issues-of-equity-communication

http://www.fcps.edu/HaycockES/newsletters/March2012.pdf

http://www.fcps.edu/ChesterbrookES/files/byline/March_2012_Byline.pdf

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