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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Non AAP kids have the option to take compacted math, which is the equivalent of AAP level math IF THEY QUALIFY.

What I don't get is all of this crowing about how unfair AAP is to GE students-ALL 2nd graders in FCPS are screened and there is a process to this-if you QUALIFY then you receive the same AAP education as everyone else who qualifies and if you don't qualify you are placed in GE. The classes are differentiated from then on within their own cohort.  AAP is simply a larger group  differentiation point to begin from from the students who proved they can test well and are identified by the teachers as being suitable for the program.[/quote]

You do realize just how many GE students there are who are equally bright as the vast majority of AAP students?  And that this large group of kids is perfectly capable of doing AAP work?  FCPS needs to simply allow all kids to take the level (in ALL subjects, not just math) that is suitable for them, and leave the labeling out of it.

Putting the kids into these two separate categories is so damaging for those in GE.  I've heard my child and others say they must be "stupid" since they're not in AAP, when the reality is so, so different.  Labeling them like this has serious repercussions in the way children see themselves.  It's so unnecessary when all they need to do is give equal access to all the classes.  Those who thrive there will thrive, and those who don't will see they need to go back a level.  [/quote]

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