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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nephew was moved into an accelerated math group in ES. He struggled a bit, he is a smart kid but math is not instinctual for him like it is for other kids. He was able to do the work but it was extra work at home and he was closer to the bottom of the group. The Teacher noticed that it did not seem like a good fit and met with his parents. They agreed to move him back into the regular math group, he was not as challenged but the fit was better for him. He was devastated and took it as meaning he was stupid. My SIL spent a good amount of time assuring him he wasn’t, pointing to how well he was doing in school, and reminding him how much harder he had to work in the other class.

[b]I suspect that there are a lot of kids who would struggle if they were moved down, not because the work was too easy but because of the confidence issues.[/b] It only gets worse if kids have moved to the Center. Now the kid has changed schools and either has to return to their old school or move to a class at the Center school with kids they have never interacted with.

Honestly, the best system could well allowing for ES to look a bit more like MS/HS and having a home room and then assign kids classes based on skill level with all the kids changing for math, science, LA, and social studies. All the kids have the same subject at the same time but change classes so they are in a class with kids at a comparable levels.  Kids who are strong in math are in the Advanced Math group, kids who are strong in LA are in the Advanced LA group. Same for science and social studies, although I suspect that there is less need for differentiation in those subjects based on the way they are approached in FCPS.[/quote]

I feel like this just helps demonstrate how AAP can be hard on kids and how it can lead to anxiety. It's so sad that parents and school administrators are putting this into the heads of 8/9/10 year olds.[/quote]

I am not disagreeing but I suspect that the kids who are impacted in this way are the kids who would not be challenged in Gen Ed but find AAP too fast. It is the kids on the cusp. In my nephews case, he was capable of doing the work it required more work at home and was causing issues. But moving from the advanced math group back to the regular group was also hard.

Some kids will handle moving groups without any issues, some will be anxious. It is more the nature of the kid then the action itself.

Parents are trying to do what is best for their kids. We all want our kid in a nurturing environment that is academically challenging for our kids. It is not easy to find that for every kid. [/quote]

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