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The other, much simpler option would be to make AAP for only the top 10-ish percent of kids [b]by pyramid[/b].  [/quote]

So in some pyramids the center would house LLIV and LLIII kids and really nothing would change except maybe more kids would go to the center and in others just the LLIV kids and those centers would decrease. Level 2 services would be offered at the base schools for those that qualify which is differentiation by subject. Except that perhaps math and science would be grouped similarly and so would language arts and social studies. So potentially then some kids could still be in an advanced class in every subject. The AART then would not be needed in schools or on a more part time basis. [/quote]

Assuming you're replying to the idea of designating kids by pyramid:
AAP should be a system that is less about a gifted label and bragging rights, and more about providing services to kids whose needs can't be met by subject-differentiation in their base schools.  The bar for deciding whether a kid's needs can be met at the base school would vary by school.  In places where over half of the kids routinely qualify for AAP, cutting down the numbers would help the fraction of those who are very advanced have access to an even faster or more in-depth curriculum than AAP, rather than being bored out of their minds in AAP.  The schools could still use the regular AAP curriculum in the advanced classes at the base school.  In the high FARMs schools, kids who are Level III would be able to access advanced math or advanced language arts via the center, rather than getting nothing at all at their base schools.  [/quote]

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