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[quote=Anonymous]I have two children at two schools in FCPS (older one on opt out of neighborhood school for NCLB).  In any case, ds 1 attended a higher performing school, at least as far as test scores.  The differentiation we saw K-2 was with regard to reading group/reading assignments, not much with math (this may be different in younger grades now, he is in 4th in AAP LLIV).    Class sizes were always large (29-30 the last two years, 25 for K).   The AART is there 2 days a week, so is spread thin.  High parent involvement.

Ds 2 attends our neighborhood school (neighborhood school brought up test scores, so no longer has to offer school choice), which is a historically lower performing school, and is also a Young Scholars school due to its Title I status.  Just in K so far, we have noticed reading differentiation, as well as math.  In addition, he was identified and is pulled out weekly for Young Scholars (taught by AART), and the AART also comes in weekly for science lessons with his whole class.   The AART is there full time.  He is in a class of 18.  Low parent involvement.

I think it varies greatly from school to school, even at schools with active parents.

There has also been a shift in our neighborhood to choosing to stay at the base school (we are in one of a few SFH neighborhoods that feed into the school).  I am sure there will be issues that we will need to deal with, but thus far, we have seen much greater differentiation at out lower performing neighborhood school.    I am sure a big part of this is the very wide discrepency in socio-economic status, and the fact that the students do come in with greatly varying abilities.  I think this actually promotes less "teaching to the middle".[/quote]

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