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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]K is mainly about the social adjustment to school, and less about jumpstarting little Johnny into calculus. Kids come into K with vastly different abilities and my experience so far is that MCPS (or at least our school) does a great job of cultivating a wide range. And many of the K students who were light years ahead of my child two years ago are not any more. This is presumably why they don't start the gifted programs until a few years in - the early years see a lot of change. [/quote]

I'm the PPwhose daughter has made progress on social skills but not much else.  I am not trying to be argumentative, I say that because online communication doesn't carry tone of voice or facial expression.  I honestly wonder, and the answer could be yes, no, or maybe, if the reason the playing field is eventually leveled is because the kids who come in ahead do not have the same opportunities for growth.  I don't have a solution when it's 2 out of 20.  You can't individualize every child's education in our system at that age (well, a teacher might be able to but then they'd have no personal life because it would take an insane amount of time).

Two scenarios ...
1) you have grade level benchmarks and kids who come in at the high end and reach them early just explore around in that area.  Kids who come in at the Lowe end make a lot of progress.  All end up in a similar place.
2) you have a progressive scale ... Regardless of where you come in, you are expected to make progress within a range each year. This would be instead of reading by level z by the end of grade y, you are expected to progress 3-5 (or whatever) number of reading levels each year, with a minimum level of z b the end of grade y.

I wonder if the difference in performance at K would remain constant, but the gap would close for some, if the kids who come in at the high end had the same room to grow.  Does that make sense?  I don't know that it's necessarily the case. I'm not an expert, I'm just wondering aloud (and on DCUM, where that can sometimes get treacherous ; ) )[/quote]

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