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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of postings over the last few weeks on the 2nd grade AAP pool made me realize that many on this board don't actually know what "equity" means.  It is NOT equal treatment for all.  It is "right sizing" the treatment based on the needs of the population.  [img]https://interactioninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IISC_EqualityEquity.png[/img] (alt+p)

Equity means providing the Title I kids more benefits than the kids from the higher SES schools because the Title I kids theoretically need greater support to have an equal footing as the kids from the SES schools.  [/quote]

So the high achiever receives nothing in order to give more to the lowest achiever? Seems like the direction FCPS is heading in.[/quote]

The high achiever gets no boost in this example because they don't need it. They can already see the game without help. In other words, the high-SES child with a score of 132 is already surrounded by many other high-scoring kids (see FCPS example from prior years of schools with 40+ kids in-pool) and is likely receiving a higher level of educational services already as a result--for example, the elementary schools that are already using an AAP curriculum for gen ed.[/quote]

Do you actually have any real world classroom experience? These make believe schools where everybody is 132+ don't exist and definitely don't exist when you take the 140 crowd to hang with 115/120s from elsewhere. HIgh SES schools also have problems, and yes also have many kids behind grade level, especially this year. Who do you think gets reading/math support on a 1 on 1 basis? Extra help multiple times a week? And who gets told to figure it out on their own with a small group of peers, teacher too busy to help.[/quote]

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