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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are the DRA benchmarks different for the AAP classroom?[/quote]

DRA is not related to AAP.  DRA is not an intelligence test.  There are children in AAP with reading levels all over the map. [/quote]
I thought that the AAP students were ahead by a grade or two in language arts[/quote]

There's nothing in this that says AAP students are a grade or two ahead in language arts:

Students found eligible for placement in a full-time Advanced Academic Program (Level IV) through a central selection process receive a highly challenging instructional program in the four core subject areas.  The Level IV program is designed to meet the needs of advanced learners with a strong emphasis on higher level thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making.  Students have ongoing opportunities for reflection and self-assessment that develop an understanding of the characteristics, demands, and responsibilities of advanced intellectual development.  ( http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/continuum/es.shtml)

AAP students are not necessarily ahead in anything before third grade. When they finish third grade, they will be a year ahead in math, because they cover 3rd & 4th grade math in one year.[/quote]

They are virtually indistinguishable  from their GenEd counterparts. Nothing advanced or accelerated when it comes to language arts.[/quote]

Bitter?[/quote]

Am I "Bitter" that an advanced language arts curriculum isn't administered to an "advanced academic" class? Why, yes...yes I am bitter. Troll on! :roll: [/quote]

Bitter person, you really will not get an accurate representation of what is considered advanced in AAP from reading comments on an anonymous forum where the majority of posters are those who feel passionate about AAP, one way or the other.
.and this question about DRA and how it ties to advanced language arts in AAP is a non issue, because as many postere have written, it doesn't tie in any way in the least.

The DRA ceiling is so low in lower elementary that there is not going to be much of a difference between smart kids in AAP and smart kids in gen ed. Not because there is no difference in their ability, but because the DRA ceiling is so low in the early grades that most smart kids, gifted or not, should easily be able to max out the DRA test in the lower grades.

The ceiling goes higher in the upper elementary grades. I think at one point my AAP kid was college level? Maybe upper 12th grade? I didn't keep track because unless your kid is behind like my youngest, the DRA level is just not very important at all.[/quote]

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