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[quote=Anonymous]Your child will not be allowed to skip a grade.

Third grade was when my DD was the most frustrated about school being boring, which makes sense because that was the year she experienced the least differentiation. In K-2nd, the entire grade was divided into small groups according to their level of mastery for reading and writing instruction. However, her school didn’t do that for grades 3-5. In those grades, all kids stayed with their homeroom teachers for reading and writing. That meant that the teacher divided the class into 3 reading groups: below grade level, at grade level, and above grade level. If students were above grade level, it didn’t matter how far ahead they were, they were all grouped together, and because they were already ahead of the benchmarks they needed to meet, they got the least instructional time.

My DD was in a CES for fourth and fifth grade, and she also took compacted math, so she completed 4th, 5th, and 6th grade math during those two years. The CES gave her the opportunity to read much more advanced books, which she really appreciated. She still didn’t find school challenging, but it was less boring.

In our experience, most teachers are stretched too thin to be able to offer challenging lessons or additional/different assignments to more advanced students. [/quote]

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