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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS's general ed program now caters to special ed and ESOL students. Unfortunately "gifted" is regular ed in many other districts.[/quote]

I’m an outsider just reading about AAP here. I have to say, this is what it seems like to me. Seems like a colossal waste of money. [/quote]

They actually did a study on whether or not to get rid of AAP level IV and one year it was about $2 million. Another year the cost was zero. The only extra cost other than testing is the bussing and that ended up amounting to a wash.

They could get rid of the testing and they could get rid of the Advanced Academic Resource teachers which both cost money, however those serve many children beyond just the LLIV program.[/quote]

I keep saying this. [b] All classes should be AAP.  [/b]Spend the money on the testing process to find and train the best teachers.  This way you can group kids based on their academic needs as determined by a placement test each year (school-specific) with the top kids getting "genius" level classes and the [b]lowest being at the current gen-ed level[/b].[/quote]

You just contradicted your statement! 
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Does she mean schools? All schools should be LLIV?

There are a lot of LL-IV schools in FCPS. However, some areas have only 5-10 identified students for AAP, that they feel need the higher level courses. The center system is to address this. Some schools end up becoming LL-IV due to the high numbers they end up sending to the center. If your local elementary isn't LLIV, you didn't qualify for the center, have the lovely comforting thought that all of this is moot by the time they get to high school. [/quote]

I believe she is suggesting we test all of the children, separate them by ability, and place them in classrooms based on the advanced academic status...[/quote]

Isn't what FCPS currently doing via NNAT/COGAT?
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