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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is having only 11 kids per grade bad? Couldn't that actually provide for better AAP instruction?[/quote]

This is the option for Local Level IV. Other kids would not do well in Local Level IV as they are stuck with the same kids, and the same cliques, and the same "I-can't-be-with-Billy-in-my-class" circumstances. One class per grade does not allow for mixing as well as differentiation as compared to two classes per grade.

Some parents want the "I want Johnnie to go to school with the same friends from Kindergarten to high school" notion and others want the option to break apart cliques. FCPS provides Local Level IV as an option for those families that prefer the former.

The options offered for Local Level IV and Level IV Centers work particularly well when there are lots of kids in both scenarios.

You may want to read the research by Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska, the facilitator of the Level IV Task Force. She has done extensive research in gifted education.

Here is her bio:
http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/page/jlvant/home

and here is some of her research:
http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10215.aspx

http://gcq.sagepub.com/content/36/2/68.short

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