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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NYC and Seattle school systems have eliminated their AAP / GT programs.

FCPS is following their lead because of racial equity.[/quote]
If AAP/GT continue to be watered down, won’t that widen the achievement gap as advanced students increasingly turn to outside academic enrichment while gen ed students focus on non-academic interests?

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I’m the PP.

As far as I can discern, NYC and Seattle know it’s difficult to raise the standardized test scores of the lowest-performing students.

But those cities (along with FCPS) are desperate to “narrow the racial achievement gap” between the lowest performing students (who tend to be BIPOC) and the highest performing students (who tend to be Asian).

It’s easier to take away the opportunities from the highest performing students.  Without advanced opportunities, the top performers stop being so advanced, and are closer to the lowest performing.  The gap is effectively narrowed.

Progressives view this as “equity achieved” and DEI furthered.

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