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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do a lot of in-school volunteer work. AAP gets the better teachers and for the most part the kids are better behaved. The parents of kids on the cusp lobby really hard to get their kids into AAP, because the non-AAP classes are really slow. Lots of non-English speakers, lots of remediation, lots of behavioral/emotional challenges, lots of kids who are way too mature for their age (not in a good way).

The AAP classes have enrichment because they have parents at home supporting that enrichment: securing supplies, reminding kids of deadlines, helping out with the projects. Usually the AAP kids are the ones in the after-school chess lessons, or Lego robotics, or Odyssey of the Mind. The AAP classes win the read-a-thon and thus get the pizza or ice cream parties. The AAP parents buy the “pizza with the principal” at the PTA auction.[/quote]

What is the cusp?   There seems to be a ton of overlap between the two groups.  Some of the top of Gen Ed kids would probably fall right in the middle of aap....
Signed mom of a Gen ed kid with 99%ile on iready with no supplementation or enrichment.  Imagine what this kid could do with enrichment, but that would just make the 8 hours spent at school even more boring...[/quote]

Not sure iready is the best indicator for advanced learner.[/quote]

That didn't answer the question.  Probably made you feel really good about yourself.
What is the cusp? [b]It is known that there is a lot of overlap between the kids at the top of Gen Ed and the kids in aap[/b].[/quote]

Not the PP you quoted who said stuff about the cusp. The bolded is true. If you really want to know you can look at the hard numbers in the 2020 outside committee report and see exactly what the cusp is. In terms of CogAT/NNAT there's a huge range around 100-135 on both where a kid could either be in or out (mostly out on the lower end and mostly in on the higher end), plus that tail at high SES schools of kids with great scores who don't get in.

And it's probably 100% school dependent whether those "kids on the cusp" actually fight to get in. I worked hard to get my kids admitted, but I know lots of people at our mid SES base/center who really didn't care either way. They put together a parent referral and once they got rejected happily moved on to gen ed.[/quote]

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