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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Honors classes in MS are excellent and the same curriculum as the AAP classes (AAP parents will dispute this and link to the FCPS page that shows the "difference" between AP and Honors, but there is no substantial difference (IME,individual teachers are a bigger determinants of the rigor of the class than the AAP or Honors designation.- My experience is at Longfellow with both AAP and Honors classes), and then they back off and say it is the cohort that matters).
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A class is more than simply curriculum.
And I agree that the AAP and Honors classes cover the same curriculum.
I do not agree that AAP and Honors classes are the same.
(And yes, I mean more than the peer group.)[/quote]
What do you mean "more than the peer group"?  [i]How[/i] are they different?[/quote]
The depth and breadth is greater in AAP than Honors.  The projects are different in AAP than Honors.  There is a greater amount of project work vs. worksheets in AAP as compared to Honors.  There are more applied problems in AAP than Honors.
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At my child's middle school, the AAP English curriculum was definitely different than the honors curriculum. We were given handouts at curriculum night for both honors and AAP classes and they were different. There were two very different lists of works of literature that would be read by the classes, with the AAP list containing more advanced and complex works.
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