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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been struggling with the same question/issue as it seems like our AAP center has many children going to these places to get ahead.  But that’s exactly what you need to tell your children- they are doing great if they are getting 4s and doing well learning the material in class.  It’s about confidence.

Our AAP center calls the math divisions- “most exposed”, “middle exposure,” and “least exposed”.  I love this terminology because the teachers make it clear at BTSN that they give they pre-tests to group the kids accordingly but there is nothing wrong with NOT being exposed to what they are about to be taught yet.  Honestly, the class that is most exposed are always the kids I know  that have been doing Kumon every day since Kindergarten.  That doesn’t impress me and makes me feel sorry for the child when my kid never has, learns the material in the classroom, and still gets a 4 on the same test as the “most exposed” group.  [/quote]

OP here. I didn't know about these different groups until recently. I thought all AAP math would be the same. My 5th grader seemed to be aware that he was in the lowest AAP math group but never mentioned it or complained. My third grader who is new to AAP is bothered by the fact that his classmates are better than him at math. My third grader is also hyper competitive. We have never mentioned TJ or even interested in TJ. We moved to McLean to be in a good school pyramid! We lived closer to TJ previously. However, third grader asked about TJ and said he wants to go to TJ. He asked me why I would not want him to go to TJ if everyone there is so smart. He wants to be smart and go to TJ too. [/quote]

PP here.  Again, tell your child it’s not the lowest math group- that makes it sound like they are working on completely different units.  They are not.  It’s the same material but the “most exposed” group has already learned the material from outside companies- explain that to your child.  They just use bigger numbers, harder examples, but in the end it’s the same unit and all AAP classes are taking the same test.  If TJ is your child’s goal- then that’s another thing.  I’m not the person to comment on that.[/quote]

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