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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are at an elementary where our kid gets pulled out a couple times a week (1x a week per subject usually) but it’s a smaller school.  We haven’t found it to be nothing.

In general it’s a more push in model in APS.
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Which school? We were told pull out isn’t an option in APS. [/quote]

Pull out is not supposed to be an option, but there are some schools/staff members that don't play by the rules and make the other schools look like they aren't providing anything to advanced learners. Most schools are abiding by the model of the push-in/collaborative model, but there's always a few that march the the beat of their own drum even when it is not seen as best practices in education.[/quote]

Best practices according to whom? 
From my experience, the APS-touted "push in" model is the one where the regular teacher does remedial for the kids that are behind, while the GT teacher comes in to take care of everyone else, just doing the regular basic stuff.[/quote]
With the name change this year (now something like advanced academic programs?), APS says that the "coach" will only offer enrichment activities for the whole class.  The activities are not specifically meant for the advanced kids or kids tagged as gifted.  The enrichment is now targeted at all kids.  Nothing specific is being offered for kids tagged as gifted.  APS has stopped using the program to differentiate.[/quote]

That’s the point of clustering gifted kids together. When over 1/2 the class is identified and others still highly able, why wouldn’t all kids receive rigorous materials? I don’t think parents always understand just how many kids are identified, especially in high performing NA schools with kids who test well and have rich background experiences.[/quote]

+1. 95% of every class in Arlington is gifted.[/quote]

Another +1 from a NA parent.

I was recently discussing this with a parent who somehow asked for stats on gifted identification and well over half my kid’s grade has been flagged as gifted in at least one subject (from what I can tell based on my kid they use certain test score cut offs). From volunteering in class, it seems like there’s a handful of kids who are behind and need extra help in subjects and then a whole lot of kids who are really ahead. [/quote]Ahead of what?  The basic SOL standard?  That's a baseline and shouldn't be the sole expectation for these kids.  Post-covid APS seems to think that their only obligation is to teach to the SOL standards and not meet kids where they are so that they are all learning.[/quote]

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