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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't some Arlington schools switch for classes based on ability?[/quote]

That's different than gifted.  Think of that switch as S M L, and the pull out is supposed to be for the XXL[/quote]

AAP is not that advanced. Similar to L.[/quote]

Disagree or maybe your school experience just sucked. DC is in 3rd grade AAP this year and I have no idea how general ed kids keep up. It's intense. Time consuming, difficult homework every single weeknight in several subjects. [/quote]

I agree with the first poster.  AAP really isn't that advanced, and the overwhelming majority of the kids in it are bright and hardworking, but not gifted.  AAP only works one year above grade level, and that's really not that impressive.  I have one kid in AAP, and the other in Advanced Math + top reading group + Level III pullout at the base school.  I honestly haven't seen that much of a difference in level between the two programs.

If your kid is finding the AAP experience this intense and tough early in 3rd grade, then either the teacher is loading them with entirely too much work, or perhaps your child is struggling more with the homework than other kids in the class.  Both of my kids' math homework looks like a lot, but they breeze through it in 5-10 minutes per night.  Other kids are requiring 30-60 minutes to complete the same work.   
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NP.  DS is in 3rd grade AAP as well and I've been impressed with the math so far.  Rigorous and engaging but not difficult for DS.  Unfortunately, it seems they didn't mean it at BTS when they said that the kids didn't have to know all their multiplication facts before the year started.  Is this a sign that DS is supposed to already know all of the math concepts in AAP before they are taught, or only multiplication?[/quote]

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