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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP is right. Parents try to escape general ed. No one wants to say why. Its just easier to pull down AAP.

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It's all in the labeling. "Gen Ed" equates average, nothing special. AAP is fancy.[/quote]

PP who is a teacher. It is not the label. It is the fact that their kid gets no attention because the teacher is focused on the kids below grade level. I teach AAP. I have 22 kids who want to learn. When I taught Gen Ed, I had kids reading on a K level all the way up to an 8th grade level. [b]Now in 6th AAP, I have kids reading on a 5th grade level to 8th grade level.[/b] I can meet with all kids equally and the parents know this. I would be all for ability grouping subject by subject. [/quote]
But why are kids reading at a 5th or 6th grade level in AAP?  My kid’s experience at an AAP center was that his above grade reading group still didn’t get much time with the teacher.  She was focused on the on and below grade level readers.  Why did those kids get to barge into AAP when they’re below standard.  Why are the AAP teachers catering to those kids at the expense of kids who are advanced?[/quote]

PP who is teacher. Honestly, I don’t truly believe a lot of the levels given. Reading is complex.  I have had many kids listed as a 5th grade DRA that pass advance on the reading SOL and kids who were labeled as a 7th/8th grade level who didn’t pass advance. Once they hit a 50 DRA, there isn’t too much of a difference between a 50/60. A lot of it is content maturity and vocabulary development.  Some kids are just not great test takers. I had a girl when I taught Gen Ed who was very bright, but tested horribly for reading. She ended up at UVA because she matured and worked hard.  Now with that being said, I meet with all groups equally. I only have a few 50’s. Most are 60’s and 70’s in my AAP class. The other thing I notice when we assess is that most kids test higher in fiction and lower with nonfiction. When I do small groups, I use the same text often, but different supports based off need. [/quote]

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