perform at the AP level. Those classes are always available to anyone who is capable of taking them. No one is being prevented from taking those classes. This issue is Arne Duncan and others trying to push and force those who cannot perform at that level to do so. My son is a high performing autistic student. He loves science and he can even understand many of the concepts. However because of the fast pace, hectic environment, and communication problems such as dysgraphia he does not do well on science assignments or tests and maintains a C average in that class. Because his middle school decided that every student regardless of ability should take grade level math, my 10th grade student is now having to go back and learn basic arithmetic because he didn't learn it before. They simply passed him even though he didn't know the material. Now I have a 10th grader learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. I have never heard a single person say that anyone capable of taking an AP class should be prevented from doing so. I have however heard many people say that students who struggle should be forced to keep up with their general education peers, and as a mother of an autistic student I will fight that tooth and nail.
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