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[quote=Anonymous]My spouse and I are having a debate. First year in DCPS elementary school.

We just got DC's Term 3 report card. For Terms 1 and 2, DC received 3s almost across the board, with a couple 4s in areas we know are strengths.

For Term 3, DC got 4s across the board.

I think this is an accurate reflection of DC's performance -- they started out the year on grade level but have absolutely soared academically in the last few months. Reading and math through the roof, real advancement in understand complex concepts, etc. I think this is partly due to a very experienced veteran teacher (who DC doesn't even like that much, but I think is very effective and really knows what she is doing) and partly just a timing thing, especially with reading, I think it just kind of started to click in March and there was a big jump.

DH has two teachers for parents, both public school. He says that he thinks DC has been well above grade level all year but that teachers default to "leaving room" for improvement on early year report cards so that they can show improvement at the end of the year, even for kids who are just well above grade level.

DH thinks the school could be doing a lot more to challenge DC and that we need to explore other options, including private, whereas I feel like DC is doing great and this school is more than meeting academic needs.

If you've had a child in DCPS for multiple years (and especially if you've had multiple kids for a larger sample size) what's your read on this?[/quote]

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