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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The fact that AAP kids seem to get into TJ in greater numbers has nothing to do with AAP.    These kids were already off-the-charts bright and if AAP went away tomorrow, most of them would still get in.  [/quote]

And AAP tracks to compacted math/ Algebra in 7th, which doesn't hurt on the entrance exams. [/quote]

My Gen Ed kids took Honors Algebra in 7th, so what?  [/quote]

Coming out of lots of ESs that's not possible/ very difficult because you have to pass advanced 7th grade math. Gen Ed kids usually get 6th, although I'm sure there are exceptions. [/quote]

Many ESs now offer compacted math to kids not in AAP. In those schools, the kids who successfully complete compacted math finish ES at the same math level as AAP kids. AAP kids and Gen Ed kids who have completed compacted math must still test at certain benchmarks to take Hn Algebra 1 in 7th grade.[/quote]

Many???  Besides GE students who backfill in LLIV centers, what are some of these?[/quote]

So much fiction.  It's not that difficult to take Algebra in 7th grade coming out of Gen Ed.  My kid and many of his friends took 6th grade math at our local school.  All they needed to do to get into Honors Algebra was get above a certain score on then Iowa test and pass the 7th grade SOL.  It was not difficult for kids who were reasonably intelligent and good at math.  AAP does not offer some secret elixir that makes kids math whizzes.  Plenty of AAP students in my kid's 7th grade Algebra class weren't doing that well. Some even repeated Algebra.  [/quote]

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