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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is in second grade FCPS and we’re getting ready to submit an application in December

Does anyone know how far back the report cards go? Does it include all of first grade plus second grade Q1? Does second grade Q2 get included too in the file?

Thanks![/quote]

1st grade and 2nd grade Q1[/quote]

I didn't know report cards went in - my very smart DD had a teacher who gave all the kids all 3s last year. Will this negatively impact her?[/quote]

No one knows - but pre-pandemic 3s were good. My DC got in first round with mostly 3s and occasional 4s.  And lots of 2s in behavior.[/quote]

Everything about the AAP admission process has changed since pre-pandemic times. (I have a child who got in before and one after).

With the move to local norms, your child is pretty much competing for spots against the other students at your school —  On NNAT/CogAT, iready, report card, GBRS, work samples, etc. it really just depends on how your kid measures up against their peers on all those pieces combined.

So 3s on a report card doesn’t really matter if the committee sees that all the other students at your school are graded similarly and the rest of the packet makes a strong case that your child needs AAP. [/quote]

The in-pool cutoffs have changed but packets are still sent to the central committee.  How much has their evaluation and decision-making changed?  Do we know or just guessing?[/quote]

We are guessing.

I know that there are people who love the Centers but I think the process would make more sense if we were looking at kids at specific schools and setting the program based on where those schools are at. Maybe UMC ES need 2 LLIV classes because of the number of kids that could benefit from AAP. Maybe Title 1 schools need 1 LLIV class that teaches math at a different pace because there are smart kids who have not had the same opportunities as kids at different schools.

In my ideal world there are Advanced classes for each subject and kids attend the Advanced classes that make sense for them. I would guess that half of the kids would end up in 3-4 Advanced classes but that there would be kids who would be better off in Advanced Math and Advanced Science or Advanced LA and Advanced Social Studies. My kid belongs in Advanced Math and Science but is probably borderline for Advanced LA. He is not the greatest writer. He does well enough on his report card, mostly 4s but the occasional 3, and I could see him benefiting from a slower pace to grow his confidence. [/quote]

This is also exactly what does happen once kids hit FCPS Middle Schools.  7th graders can choose to enroll in Honors or GenEd for every class (History, Math, Science, English), regardless of past performance and regardless of whether they took any advanced coursework in ES.  (The only exception is math; you can take Math 7 Honors but can't take Algebra as a 7th grader just by choice.)  In my experience, ES coursework doesn't matter at all for performance in MS Honors courses.  There doesn't seem to be a correlation between the kids that took advanced courses in ES and are then doing well in MS Honors classes (i.e., you can ace MS Honors courses as a GenEd ES student!). [/quote]

In general, in MS, only AAP students take all Honors classes.  The recommendation is to take an Honors class that you excel in or are interested in and not in other classes, fwiw.  [/quote]

Kids from good elementary schools going to middle schools that have a lot of bad elementary schools in the pyramid take all honors. The kids that don't regret it and switch in the first week [/quote]

And, there are so few spots for AAP that there are still a ton of kids that are capable of taking all Honors classes that didn't qualify as needing LIV services. Not to mention that you don't need to be "gifted" to take all Honors classes.  [/quote]

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