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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, is your kid on grade level or above?  Are most of the peers the same. What I have heard is that most kids are way below grade level and smart kids are bored or doing busy work.[/quote]

You can look at the PARCC data. Most of the kids are way below grade level. You can look at the algebra numbers and and see that, even when there is tracking, it's only separating out the extremely behind kids from everyone else. In the absence of anyone with extremely specific things to say about teachers providing an extraordinary amount of in-class differentiation, you should assume that if your kid is above grade level, meeting their academic needs is not going to be something the school has the ability to do. [/quote]

+1.  The numbers are just abysmal.  Less than 4% kids at grade level or above in math.  My assumption is at least 1/2 of that 4% if not all is just on grade level.

So if PP’s kid is really above grade level, I doubt he is getting any teaching from the teacher.  Class is being taught at the level of all the other kids and that is way below grade level.  His kid also does not have a critical number of peers at his level.

Whether your kid is bored or not PP is up to you but the reality is when everyone but 1 or 2 kids are way below grade level, that is where the class is being taught and there is where the pressure on the teachers are is to get all these kids to improve.[/quote]

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