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[quote=Anonymous]I have a senior in HS, freshman in HS and 7th grader.  Senior and 7th grader both did General Ed, 9th grader was in AAP.  We were in a Title 1 school - Rt 1 corridor.  The difference in the classroom between my senior and 7th grader was dramatic.  My senior has several general ed peers that are now doing all the advanced classes in HS and getting accepted into good colleges.  He's received significant merit aid from a couple of his colleges and is SAT score is above all the averages.  He is NOT gifted, just a motivated, hard working student who wants to excel.  One of his classmates who was in AAP is now doing all the General Ed classes in HS.

The kids who got into AAP 9 years ago were truly "gifted" students.  Fast forward 5 years and it seemed like EVERYONE who was somewhat bright was in AAP.  The ESOL population at our elementary school had skyrocketed.  Youngest DS was the only upper middle class kid in his class in gen ed.  Everyone else was in the AAP class.

Now did they get a good education?  It depended on their specific teacher and the makeup of their class.  Both had a couple of fabulous teachers.  Both had a couple of good teachers and they both had one that probably shouldn't have been teaching.

Was middle DS doing any different work than the other two?  He had a couple of extra projects but I didn't see a drastic difference in his curriculum.  The big difference was he was in class with more upper middle class kids.  Were their discipline problems in his class - yes.  He had larger class sizes than the other two but didn't have to deal with kids who didn't speak english.

Middle DS told me that one of his friends in Honors in middle school (same teacher just different section) was doing the EXACT same homework, same tests that he was in the AAP class.  The only difference was the AAP section had students who were "admitted" into the program and Honors did not.

So my opinion is the individual experience probably depends on the specific classroom your child is in and it could change from year to year.

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