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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wondered about this when my kid was going through the program. Annual reevaluation for all kids would be a waste of time and overkill, but kids who are consistently failing the SOLs and unable to keep up with the work should be kicked out. On the flip side, passing advanced on both SOLs and getting 4s across the board should be a guaranteed in. There are very few kids who pass advanced on both reading and math who couldn't handle the pace and curriculum of AAP.[/quote]

On the one hand it's bad for kid's self esteem if they are removed. On the other hand, nobody cares about the self esteem of kids who don't get in [/quote]

This is a stupid argument. Maybe parents and schools should stop telling AAP kids that they're special. Maybe instead tell children that they are in classes that meet their needs and stop there. One of my kids asked why they didn't get in to AAP and I said "You don't need to be in there. You're going to get advanced math pull outs, but everything else in the normal classroom is perfect for you!" and that was that.[/quote]

My kid pushed in for advanced math. We were told and they were told that their spot was contingent on their being space available. That was the highlight of the advanced math meeting. There was no talk of meeting her needs, just her needs can be met as along as the level IV class has space for her. [/quote]

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