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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know the solution to the poor PARCC schools but my kid is in 1st at a DCPS and the reading instruction has been phenomenal -- DC is reading short chapter books before even starting 1st grade. And yes, there is some natural aptitude there (I think DC was going to be an early-ish reader no matter what) but I'd also say the instruction has been excellent. Phonics instruction was the focus of K and was comprehensive -- I was very happy with Fundations and Heggerty. We also had a great classroom teacher who supplemented beyond this for the more advanced students in class.

So I guess for me there's no outrage because our experience has been good. And I don't know enough about reading pedagogy to tell you why it's not working for more students in DC.[/quote]

This. My kid learned to read just fine in a Title I DCPS preschool with Fundations. She loved it. Yes, she would have learned to read with any number of curriculum choices, but it really seemed fine to me, for all the kids. So that's why I'm not outraged.

There are so many reasons for DCPS' low performance. I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that one curriculum rather than another will fix it. Research changes over time, trends in education come and go. DC parents are often insisting that we have to do whatever Maryland does. But it's not like Maryland schools are really that great either, outside of wealthy areas of MoCo.[/quote]

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