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[quote=Anonymous]From what I've seen in written form through FCPS is that the curriculum is the same.

From what I've seen here at DCUM, the difference between AAP and Gen Ed will differ based on the school, and my child's AAP teacher said that within the AAP program, there are variations based on the teacher. So, it's really hard to say what the difference is because one's experience can differ from another. Comparing our base school's Gen Ed to our center school's curriculum is a huge difference. Comparing Gen Ed to our base school's LLIV, there isn't a huge difference.

So, I'd say, it's not so much the curriculum but these (in my experience):

1) Depth- Same curriculum as Gen Ed but the details are a lot more. They do more interdisciplinary work- like using Social Studies topics to for writing in Language Arts. 
2) Pace- at our center school, there are 4 AAP classes in the grade level so they all have to be in rhythm.  Units go by pretty fast. Tests are a lot more often.
3) Level of Expectation- the bar is set a lot higher for kids to be independent. Parents were told not to help with homework. The amount of stuff DC did this year in school was impressive. Not much came home as homework. 
4) Organizational skills- The teachers mentioned that this at the beginning of the year as  critical and they were right.

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