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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are desperate for AAP because the behavior problems are less severe in the AAP classroom compared to the gen ed one, and there aren't kids way below grade level taking all of the teacher's time.  [b]Above average kids left in gen ed at the lower or middle of the road SES schools end up doing a lot of independent work or computer programs rather than having much interaction with the teacher.[/b]  [/quote]
The bolded part is 100% accurate. As a teacher at their elementary school, I saw this happening with my kids and was desperate for them to get into a full time AAP Level IV program so they would have a teacher who would spend time teaching them something rather than focusing on all of the below grade level kids. We screwed up badly in not considering the schools when we moved here.  :-( [/quote]

Do you think this is true today because they are so against ability grouping? Personally, I gave up on early ES teaching my kids anything and accept it's on me to teach reading and math up until 3rd or 4th.[/quote]
Probably. The theory is that all the kids should be kept together and teachers should differentiate their instruction based on the individual students' abilities, but from what I'm seeing, it rarely happens in our school. Teachers are either too overwhelmed with trying to help out those who are below grade level, or just don't want to bother with any additional lesson planning to accommodate a few kids who are at the higher end. We have an AART who can provide lessons and ideas on how to challenge the high end kids, but often teachers (especially newer ones, who tend to feel a little overwhelmed anyway) don't bother implementing anything our AART offers. [/quote]

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