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[quote=Anonymous]Most families could care less about AAP. Most kids do well in ES, regardless of where they are placed. There is a vocal minority that thinks it is a huge problem.

Kids have always known who is in what group. We didn't have an AAP equivalent at my ES but kids knew that the kids being pulled form class needed help and we all knew who was in the top group for math and reading. My friends kids in higher grades can tell you who is in Advanced Math and Level III because those kids are grouped together in one class and are pulled out together. I have friends whose kids do not like going to Speech Therapy because their classmates know that they are pulled out for Speech, they know the Teacher who comes to get them. My kid is pulled with theirs so we talk about how it is going.

It doesn't matter how the program is run, the kids figure out the groupings and what they mean. Why? I have no clue, I am going to guess human nature. We seem to like to understand the social dynamics that we live in and want to understand the groupings.

It is the parents job to help kids understand that it doesn't matter what group you are in, what matters is the effort that you make and your doing your best.

It sure sounds like a good number of parents on this board buy into these divides being socially important and model that for their kids. [/quote]

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