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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's be real. A poor kid from a disadvantaged area that scores in the 92nd percentile probably has more potential and ability than a high SES kid that scores in the 97th percentile. This is one area where the FCPS model makes a lot of sense. And I say that as a rich mom with privileged kids.[/quote]

Why do you think this? I mean, assuming the high SES kid wasn't heavily prepped, etc. [/quote]

Right? Our family is likely considered high SES compared to the average in Fairfax, and I wouldn't even know where to begin with test prep.  We simply have no time for that with 3 kids and 2 jobs.  To those saying it's outrageous to suggest kids at McLean schools with high test scores and abilities are at a disadvantage by not having access to AAP, I guess until you experience it firsthand, you won't believe it.  But it's truly unfair for loads of kids to come to your neighborhood school, to get the most highly qualified teachers in the grade, to have a cohort of motivated, engaged peers with a challenging curriculum, and to see that your kid with at least as high scores and capability as those kids (and probably higher than some), is stuck is a class with kids ranging from the high 90s percentile all the way down to zero, those learning how to speak English, those with learning disabilities and emotional disregulation, and so on.  And your child accessing a challenging curriculum is at the complete mercy of the individual teacher and school.  Some years they might have a teacher that has the ability and bandwidth to differentiate, or an AART who is committed to regular pullouts for those kids, and other years none of that may happen.[/quote]

I completely agree and find it disheartening and infuriating. I wish I could afford to go private. [/quote]

Most people in private schools will tell you that there is less differentiation and that the kids are less advanced in math. I

AAP is not an advanced curriculum, I understand that many of you think that it is but it isn't. We deferred and DS participated in LIII pull outs. He did pretty much everything that I hear parents talking about from LIV. Now many of the LA extensions are no longer being taught because the Teachers have to teach the Benchmark program and only Benchmark. The only area that LIV is further ahead of Gen Ed is in math, and there is Advanced Math to cover that. There are parents that will tell you that the best Teachers are placed in the Gen Ed programs so they can work with the kids who are struggling and that the LIV kids get the Teachers are less effective because the kids are supposed to be able to pick up material quicker and on their own.

I understand the parents at Title 1 schools wanting LIV, there really needs to be a separate class for the students who are on grade level and above grade level. The education gap at Title 1 schools is massive. The kids at UMC schools have less of a need because the gap is nowhere near as large.

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