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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not necessarily the case that the program is for the gifted, but that there are so many ES out there that offer no differentiation (ours didn't, until 5th grade), that your average bright and hard working child does not get a decent education in the gen ed program.  Parents then have an incentive to push for AAP, because while it may not be a program for the gifted, it will at least give the kids an opportunity to get a satisfactory education[/quote]

I wish LII and LIII were more uniform between schools.  My LIII kid was placed in Advanced Math starting in 3rd grade.  In language arts, the same kid had one day/week of word study, where the kids switched classrooms based on their levels, about 3 days in an above grade level reading group that managed to actually work with the teacher on those days, and one more day of a pull out with the AART.  I don't see why every school couldn't offer the same thing.  It's especially sad that so many schools won't start advanced math until 5th grade for the LII and LIII math kids.  [/quote]

+1. It's ridiculous that FCPS can't make this more uniform. Our base school offers no advanced math until 5th grade. It's been discussed many times at PTA meetings. Admin has given every excuse under the sun as to why this isn't necessary, although multiple parents have shown iReady and SOL math scores well above the benchmark for their Level III kids when requesting the addition of an advanced math class. It seems quite unfair that some kids get no differentiation just because the principal doesn't want to implement it.[/quote]

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