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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They really should simplify the process:  
Split AAP into separate advanced math and advanced language arts programs.  
1.  Continue using CogAT.  A score of 130+ gives one point.
2.  Use some sort of achievement test.  Testing above grade level is a point.
3.  Ask teachers to check a box that is either recommending or not recommending for AAP.  Having the box checked is a point.

Getting 2 or more points means the kid is in.  Then, kids with the high test scores who are above grade level would get in, even if the teachers don't like them.  Kids who are lacking in some area could still get boosted with the teacher recommendation.

For kids in the program, if they fail to get pass advanced on the SOL and then the teacher also checks the box that the kid does not belong in the advanced class, the kid is bumped back down.  Likewise, gen ed kids who score pass advanced on the SOL and have the teacher recommendation get moved up.  [/quote]

Or we could just scrap this segregation program and start teaching all children at their level.[/quote]

So much better for all kids to get rid of this nonsense and provide appropriate teaching. This bizarre segregation involves too much overhead, and half the kids there don't really belong. At least with a regular classroom, you can assign kids to the appropriate group so they get the most out of school.[/quote]

No they don't. Unless you count kids teaching themselves math using a computer program getting the most out of school. Or working with the Teacher a few times a month getting the most out if school.

You don't like tracking because it points out the obvious, that some parents don't care about school or don't understand what they need to do to prepare kids for school. Kids who start behind, keep falling behind. Kids with parents who are invested in education do well, kids whose parents are not invested in school do poorly. No amount of changing classroom structure is going to fix that. Stop trying to screw over the kids whose parents are invested n their kids education to make the kids whose parents don't give a crap feel better.

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Agree with all you have said. However it's not about making the kids whose parents don't give a crap feel better; it's about making those who advocate against tracking feel better. It's all about their virtue signalling.[/quote]

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