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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids were not in AAP. They are now in high school and doing better than a lot of the kids who left their elementary school for the center AAP school. It’s not the be all end all. [/quote]

That's not surprising, especially considering that AAP is so watered down now that the objective standards (test scores) have been lowered in favor of teacher's ratings (which, according to the AAP equity report,  favor students with lower test scores). I attended the old form of AAP (GT) in the 1990's,  and the program was pretty rigorous and accommodated maybe 5% of the kids. What I see my DD doing in the same grade in AAP is pretty lame, to be honest.   But her base school just missed the metric for Title I, so she would likely be ignored there.  (Teachers there need to focus on children who might not otherwise pass the SOLs.)

If you are in a high SES school, your kid might be fine, especially since it's just grades 3-6.
 
Likewise, you are a parent who has the time or resources to supplement (I am a single mom with several kids so I cannot), you can do [i]better[/i] than AAP by hiring a tutor or devoting time at home. Time can be  an issue because the kids are in school for a large part of the day and if that's just child care/play group, it's a time suck that isn't getting used for an appropriate education.  We do pay taxes toward the public schools, so one would think they should educate all kids, not just those in danger of failing. [/quote]

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