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[quote=Anonymous]If all AAP is local, and they want 25% of each group in AAP (across the district, not necessarily in each school), you are going to see extreme variations in what AAP means in each school.  That is why centers have been so good in the south and east part of the county.  In other parts....weathier parts...having AAP in each school would be ok.

I have concerns about how each principal will feel pressure to NOT make it look like the AAP class is getting more/better than other classes and essentially dilutes the idea of AAP so as not to ruffle feathers.  Basically, a pressure toward the mean rather than a pursuit of the highest standards.   I've seen this in our base school with resistance to offering more than one classroom of advanced math in 6th grade.  The principal was against it.  Perhaps he didn't want it to look like the brown and black kids were stuck in the only non-adv math class.  I don't know.   But if placement into the adv math class was based on test scores, historically the brown and black kids had lower passrates...so less likely to be in adv math in 6th grade.

In any case, I think principals at AAP centers are pretty good at balancing the needs of each group because each group (AAP kids and reg kids) are a sizable constituency.  And those principals understand that it's ok to do different things for different kids...each getting their needs met.  Principals in non-center schools are not trained in gifted ed, and they will be afraid of looking like they favor the "smart kids".[/quote]

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