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I had a teacher this year say she had kids on 3-4 different levels for reading and math.  [/quote]

My kids always had that within AAP.   My kid's AAP class had a reading group of kids below grade level, a group of kids on grade level, three or so groups of kids one year above grade level, and one group of 2 years above grade level.  My kid's group almost never got to work with the teacher.
Likewise, math had kids who were seriously struggling with the work through kids who were bored out of their minds and could have completed the work 2 grade levels earlier.  The teachers just taught to the level of the struggling kids and provided no extensions or differentiation for the kids who were well beyond the level being taught.[/quote]

My kid's AAP class didn't really have reading groups or math groups of different levels.  All students were taught at the same high level.  And a number of kids were sort of left behind, especially in math.  [/quote]

Interesting. My AAP 4th grader reports at her center some kids get pull outs from the math resource teacher for extra challenge when a unit isn't hard enough. Meanwhile other kids from other AAP classes come into her class for some math group time and in other cases kids from her class go to other classes. So they have a pretty robust grouping system at our center. AFAIK the groups vary by unit.[/quote]

Yep. My LLIV class does the same.

Pullouts are better. Getting left behind is really not. [/quote]

PP here, in agree that getting left behind or feeling dumb at math isn't the best.  That's why I'm not at all on board with the idea of expanding AAP to everyone.  Some modified form of critical thinking lessons?  Yes.  The AAP curriculum?  No.[/quote]

Yes.

Also- this is elementary school.

Just wait until puberty hits and effs all of that up. [/quote]

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