I strongly feel that they need to change TAG to capture more promising black and latina/o students, and to keep out white students who only got in because their parents are pushy or suck ups, rather than because they tested in objectively. That being said, I don't know how eliminating it entirely would help.


So are you for objective testing for everyone or for broader outreach that identifies promising students? Those of us who have smart kids with learning disabilities that affect test performance would also like the opportunity to be evaluated by this measure.

Both. My son has a learning disability, and tested into TAG reading (likely due to private pay tutoring that I invested in to better prepare him for his regular non-TAG reading class - he was coming close to failing the practice SOLs). Honestly, at the end of the day, TAG reading was not the best thing for him. He didn't enjoy it, and it was an enormous amount of work for him. At the end of the day, what we learned from it is that just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD. YMMV.

ACPS continues to be a mess. Teachers that didn’t return to classrooms this week were forced to resign. There are now all these vacancies in at least one of the middle schools with just a few weeks of school left. Only now are they trying to find long-term subs. How does this benefit students who lost their teachers with no replacement lined up?

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Anonymous wrote:What's going on with TAG? All I could find was an article about needing to address disproportionate demographics.

It's going away. Then VA is planning to offer only one diploma type to HS graduates. Betting AP is next. We can't have systemic inequities. SJW -- it's gotten out of hand, and will continue to do so.

I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?

You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488

So I read the link you provided. Either your reading comprehension skills are zero or you’re trying to push some bizarre agenda. Which one is it?

I’ll ignore the insult and suggest that you need to read more carefully, think through the consequences of what’s being considered and try to understand the language used by educational bureaucracy. For example,

“During the course of this committee work, ideas arose suggesting that the elementary ELA services should be reviewed and consideration should be given to returning those services to the regular classroom with differentiation provided.“. What do you think happens when you integrate TAG back into a general education classroom with a teacher who has multiple competing objectives?

It fails as the TAG Advisory Group noted back in 2017:


The written TAG curriculum materials for use at K-3 levels were also viewed as limited in
respect to differentiated strategies and resources being identified for classroom use. They were in
evidence in a limited number of primary classrooms and pullout groups. Middle school trade
books were found to be below grade level in Lexile level and often inappropriate for use with
gifted students. Supplemental math materials, designed for use with gifted learners, were not
being employed at any level in the math program, based on classroom observation.
Classroom observation data also corroborate these concerns in respect to the limited use of
differentiated instruction found in the majority of classrooms. This was especially true in the
areas of higher level thinking and conceptual development. While the use of differentiation was
limited, when it was employed, it was done so effectively


Move the TAG program back into gen ed and then you have a program on paper, but not in practice. The educational bureaucracy knows that there are many ways to kill a program without killing it.

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Anonymous wrote:What's going on with TAG? All I could find was an article about needing to address disproportionate demographics.

It's going away. Then VA is planning to offer only one diploma type to HS graduates. Betting AP is next. We can't have systemic inequities. SJW -- it's gotten out of hand, and will continue to do so.

I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?

You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488

So I read the link you provided. Either your reading comprehension skills are zero or you’re trying to push some bizarre agenda. Which one is it?

NP. So you are too lazy to do your own research and PP does some quick research for you to get you started and then you insult her because she doesn’t go all the way and bring something to you saying “ACPS is Ending TAG.” What kind of lazy *^#! are you?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's going on with TAG? All I could find was an article about needing to address disproportionate demographics.

It's going away. Then VA is planning to offer only one diploma type to HS graduates. Betting AP is next. We can't have systemic inequities. SJW -- it's gotten out of hand, and will continue to do so.

I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?

You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488

So I read the link you provided. Either your reading comprehension skills are zero or you’re trying to push some bizarre agenda. Which one is it?

I’ll ignore the insult and suggest that you need to read more carefully, think through the consequences of what’s being considered and try to understand the language used by educational bureaucracy. For example,

“During the course of this committee work, ideas arose suggesting that the elementary ELA services should be reviewed and consideration should be given to returning those services to the regular classroom with differentiation provided.“. What do you think happens when you integrate TAG back into a general education classroom with a teacher who has multiple competing objectives?

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I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?



You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488


So I read the link you provided. Either your reading comprehension skills are zero or you’re trying to push some bizarre agenda. Which one is it?
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I strongly feel that they need to change TAG to capture more promising black and latina/o students, and to keep out white students who only got in because their parents are pushy or suck ups, rather than because they tested in objectively. That being said, I don't know how eliminating it entirely would help.

So are you for objective testing for everyone or for broader outreach that identifies promising students? Those of us who have smart kids with learning disabilities that affect test performance would also like the opportunity to be evaluated by this measure.

I agree. A problem with ACPS is that it is such a struggle to get them to recognize the learning disability first never-mind also recognizing that a student with a learning disability may also be gifted in some areas.

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I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?



You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488


So I read the link you provided. Either your reading comprehension skills are zero or you’re trying to push some bizarre agenda. Which one is it?
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I strongly feel that they need to change TAG to capture more promising black and latina/o students, and to keep out white students who only got in because their parents are pushy or suck ups, rather than because they tested in objectively. That being said, I don't know how eliminating it entirely would help.

So are you for objective testing for everyone or for broader outreach that identifies promising students? Those of us who have smart kids with learning disabilities that affect test performance would also like the opportunity to be evaluated by this measure.

I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?



You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488


So I read the link you provided. Either your reading comprehension skills are zero or you’re trying to push some bizarre agenda. Which one is it?
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I strongly feel that they need to change TAG to capture more promising black and latina/o students, and to keep out white students who only got in because their parents are pushy or suck ups, rather than because they tested in objectively. That being said, I don't know how eliminating it entirely would help.

ACPS’ motto is also “all schools accredited”. They actually aren’t, the state changed the criteria, and TX/Alexandria is provisional. So that’s the paragon of excellence we’re talking about. Merely being certified.

Alexandria has the largest high school in the entire state, because district can’t figure out how to build a second campus.

Anonymous wrote:Do people not like ACPS schools because they are failing racial / ethnic minority and low-income students? For our children TC Williams (Alexandria City) is a 10/10 on college readiness and a 7/10 on test scores because they are white and not low-income. Do people not send children to ACPS schools out of protest of the poor education for minority/low-income students or because they are worried about their own children? New to having older children (new full custody of teenagers), so I am genuinely curious and not trying to troll. We are a military family moving with teenagers for the first time, and I am trying to gauge what the sentiment and reasons are for not sending children to certain schools (outside COVID).

Translation, you and your family will get yours, despite an apartheid education system (within a system). Ironic or may not for a supposedly progressive city dominated by Democrats.

TC and now Alexandria High is overcrowded which transcends race and class lines. In theory there is one campus. In actuality there are two 9-10 and 11-12, and in any event they are internally segregated. As long as you don’t teach your children that it’s the ideal and not a failure of Democrat policies, it’s probably fine.

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Anonymous wrote:What's going on with TAG? All I could find was an article about needing to address disproportionate demographics.

It's going away. Then VA is planning to offer only one diploma type to HS graduates. Betting AP is next. We can't have systemic inequities. SJW -- it's gotten out of hand, and will continue to do so.

I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?

You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488

Thank you

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Anonymous wrote:What's going on with TAG? All I could find was an article about needing to address disproportionate demographics.

It's going away. Then VA is planning to offer only one diploma type to HS graduates. Betting AP is next. We can't have systemic inequities. SJW -- it's gotten out of hand, and will continue to do so.

I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?

You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488

For those who are really, really interested - the TAG committee publishes its meeting minutes and has meetings that are opened to the public

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/1234

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's going on with TAG? All I could find was an article about needing to address disproportionate demographics.

It's going away. Then VA is planning to offer only one diploma type to HS graduates. Betting AP is next. We can't have systemic inequities. SJW -- it's gotten out of hand, and will continue to do so.

I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?

You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488

So I read the link you provided. Either your reading comprehension skills are zero or you’re trying to push some bizarre agenda. Which one is it?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's going on with TAG? All I could find was an article about needing to address disproportionate demographics.

It's going away. Then VA is planning to offer only one diploma type to HS graduates. Betting AP is next. We can't have systemic inequities. SJW -- it's gotten out of hand, and will continue to do so.

I believe you, but can you point me to a source on TAG going away?

You can begin here and then look for the related docs. You need to read between the lines a little too — for obvious reasons.

https://www.acps.k12.va.us/Page/2488