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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Local is a great option if the local program is strong. [/quote]

The thing is, how can the base school program be as strong if it's mostly kids who didn't qualify for LIV, in order to fill up a class?  It stands to reason that the teacher will have to teach to the ability of the class.  Our school has 10 Level II/III kids for every 1 Level IV, so it's bound to be a Level II/III dominant  classroom.  And this is the best case scenario since some schools use the cluster model where all the LIV qualified kids are dispersed among the classrooms. [/quote]

For the most part, LIII and LIV kids are indistinguishable.  [/quote]

Says who? This is not my experience. [/quote]

Teacher here. Are you a teacher? Cause I can tell you if you walk into my room you won’t know who is Level 4 vs Level 3. [/quote]

This is the reason to send to the center school.[/quote]

How is this a reason? She is stating the kids are interchangeable and that there is no difference. [/quote]

Because there is a difference, which teachers know.  Some prefer to teach gen ed and some prefer AAP (and some may not have a preference) - either choice is fine but it's not accurate to say there is no difference.[/quote]

I am PP who is a teacher. My class is 75 percent Level 4 students. The rest are high achieving students. I teach the Level 4 curriculum to all the kids. In fact, some of my Level 3 students perform better than my Level 4. There is no difference. Now if my school was using the cluster model, then yes that would be different. But filling a Level 4 class with other high achieving kids is not different. I have had Level 4 kids who I have questioned how they got in based on average performance and guess what? Those students could have chosen to go to the center. So this idea that every Level 4 kid who chooses to go to a center is strong academically is false. The reality in my 7 years of teaching AAP is that most of these kids are not all around gifted. They have strengths and weaknesses like everyone. Some are just good students but not necessarily gifted. So when you walk in my room you will not be able to figure out who is Level 4 or 3 and honestly it doesn’t matter. [/quote]

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