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What is APP?
The Accelerated
Progress Program (APP) is the Seattle Public Schools Advanced
Learning program that serves the needs of students who are
academically highly gifted.
The program provides a
rigorous, accelerated curriculum in reading and mathematics that
challenges students to apply complex thinking skills when working
with core skills and concepts. The curriculum is presented at a
significantly accelerated learning pace, focuses on grade level
expectations (GLEs) that are significantly above students' assigned
grade levels, and is at a significantly advanced level of
complexity and depth.
Service delivery is
through a self-contained program during grades 1-8. A cohort-based
model is available at the high school level during which students
enroll in honors courses, grades 9-12, and Advanced Placement
courses in grades 10, 11 and 12.
The program is guided by four
principles:
- Provide a rigorous
and significantly accelerated curriculum in reading and
mathematics.
- Support student
social/emotional development as well as academic
development.
- Move students through
the program as a cohort.
- Provide instruction
by teachers familiar with the needs of students who are
academically highly gifted.
Whom does the program
serve?
APP serves students
who are academically highly gifted (98/99th percentile range in
cognitive ability and the 95th percentile range or above in both
reading and math achievement). Students who are academically highly
gifted present significantly different learning styles, learning
pace, and curricular needs that require comprehensive and
substantial modification to the general education curriculum and
classroom experience to achieve educational benefit.
Eligible students enrolled in the program are expected to (a)
demonstrate mastery of grade level GLEs in all areas and (b) work
toward mastery of GLEs significantly beyond grade level in reading
and mathematics (typically, two grades or more above current grade
assignment in reading and mathematics).
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February 13, 2008
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